@@ -218,10 +218,11 @@ class Config(object):

     throttle_max = 100

     public_url_use_https = False

     connection_pooling = True

-    # How long a connection can be kept idle in the pool and still be alive

-    # Currently, aws s3 closes connections that are idle for 20 seconds or

-    # longer, but 16s is used here by default to be safe.

-    connection_max_age = 16

+    # How long in seconds a connection can be kept idle in the pool and still

+    # be alive. AWS s3 is supposed to close connections that are idle for 20

+    # seconds or more, but in real life, undocumented, it closes https conns

+    # after around 6s of inactivity.

+    connection_max_age = 5

     ## Creating a singleton

     def __new__(self, configfile = None, access_key=None, secret_key=None, access_token=None):