[Tech] Re: Re: Backoff considered harmful?

[Jano]

Michael Rogers wrote:

> Jano wrote:

>> About successful requests being returned: how they are currently dealt
>> with, bandwidth-wise?
> 
> All messages are subject to congestion control and bandwidth limiting,
> but it's only searches that need flow control tokens.

Aren't hits prioritized somehow? It seems of paramount importance not to
drop a hit.

I know this is very basic, but bear with me: Do hits follow the inverse path
than their respective queries, or is there something else going on?