What are the implications of QUIC's UDP-based nature for error handling?

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What are the implications of QUIC's UDP-based nature for error handling?
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Because QUIC runs over UDP, it doesn't benefit from TCP's built-in congestion control and reliability mechanisms. QUIC must implement these features itself. This gives it more flexibility but also places a greater burden on the QUIC implementation to handle errors and congestion effectively.