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labels:
- Stage-Stable
summary: "XEP-0288: Bidirectional Server-to-Server Connections"
---

::: {.alert .alert-warning}
This module is unreliable when used with Prosody 0.12, switch to
[mod_s2s_bidi][doc:modules:mod_s2s_bidi]
:::

# Introduction

This module implements [XEP-0288: Bidirectional Server-to-Server
Connections](http://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0288.html). It allows
servers to use a single connection for sending stanzas to each other,
instead of two connections (one for stanzas in each direction).

Install and enable it like any other module. It has no configuration.

# Compatibility

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  0.12   Bidi available natively with [mod_s2s_bidi][doc:modules:mod_s2s_bidi]
  0.11   Works
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