SSL_CTX_SET_NUM_TICKETS(3)

💅 SSL_CTX_SET_NUM_TICKETS(3) — the "how many session tickets" girls 🎀

okay so bestie, this one lives in the Library Functions Manual and it's honestly the silliest little page ever — stick with me, it's short and the plot twist at the end is everything. ✨

✨ NAME ✨

SSL_CTX_set_num_tickets, SSL_CTX_get_num_tickets, SSL_set_num_tickets, SSL_get_num_tickets — set and get the number of TLS 1.3 session tickets to be sent 🎫🎫

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

bestie it's giving libssl / libcrypto hours, so you gotta pull in the header first:

library “libssl” libcrypto #include <openssl/ssl.h>

then the four icons themselves:

int
SSL_CTX_set_num_tickets(SSL_CTX *ctx, size_t num_tickets);

size_t
SSL_CTX_get_num_tickets(const SSL_CTX *ctx);

int
SSL_set_num_tickets(SSL *ssl, size_t num_tickets);

size_t
SSL_get_num_tickets(const SSL *ssl);

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so these functions set and retrieve the configured number of session tickets for ctx and ssl respectively. simple. iconic. no notes. 💅

BUT. here's the plot twist and I need you to sit down for it: 🙈

They are provided only for compatibility with OpenSSL and have no effect in LibreSSL.

that's right babe, they're literally just vibes 😭 they exist so your code compiles and then they do absolutely nothing. main character energy with zero plot involvement fr fr.

🔥 RETURN VALUES 🔥

• SSL_CTX_set_num_tickets() and SSL_set_num_tickets() always return 1. like, always. no cap. they never fail, they never try, they just return 1 and go home 🫶
• SSL_CTX_get_num_tickets() and SSL_get_num_tickets() return the previously set number of tickets, or 0 if it has not been set. 💀

🧚 SEE ALSO 🧚

• ssl(3)
• SSL_CTX_new(3)

go read those, they actually do stuff iykyk ✨

👑 HISTORY 👑

These functions first appeared in OpenSSL 1.1.1 and have been available since OpenBSD 7.1. ⭐

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okay that's the whole page bestie, you ate that 🍓 and a lil sign-off for the record: this cutie came from Debian and it's dated September 1, 2026 — SSL_CTX_SET_NUM_TICKETS(3), that's a wrap 💖🌈🎀