---
c: Copyright (C) Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
SPDX-License-Identifier: curl
Long: parallel-immediate
Help: Do not wait for multiplexing
Added: 7.68.0
Category: connection curl global
Multi: boolean
Scope: global
See-also:
  - parallel
  - parallel-max
Example:
  - --parallel-immediate -Z $URL -o file1 $URL -o file2
---

# `--parallel-immediate`

When doing parallel transfers, this option instructs curl to prefer opening up
more connections in parallel at once rather than waiting to see if new
transfers can be added as multiplexed streams on another connection.

By default, without this option set, curl prefers to wait a little and
multiplex new transfers over existing connections. It keeps the number of
connections low at the expense of risking a slightly slower transfer startup.