RTCDtlsTransport: state property

Baseline Widely available

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since January 2020.

The state read-only property of the RTCDtlsTransport interface provides information which describes a Datagram Transport Layer Security (DTLS) transport state.

Value

A string. Its value is one of the following:

new

The initial state when DTLS has not started negotiating yet.

connecting

DTLS is in the process of negotiating a secure connection and verifying the remote fingerprint.

connected

DTLS has completed negotiation of a secure connection and verified the remote fingerprint.

closed

The transport has been closed intentionally as the result of receipt of a close_notify alert, or calling RTCPeerConnection.close().

failed

The transport has failed as the result of an error (such as receipt of an error alert or failure to validate the remote fingerprint).

Examples

See RTCDtlsTransport for example code.

Specifications

Specification
WebRTC: Real-Time Communication in Browsers
# dom-rtcdtlstransport-state

Browser compatibility

BCD tables only load in the browser

See also