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title: beresp.handshake_time_to_origin_ms
summary: null
url: >-
  https://www.fastly.com/documentation/reference/vcl/variables/backend-connection/beresp-handshake-time-to-origin-ms
---

**Type:** INTEGER  
**Access:** read-only

**Available in:** fetch

Duration of handshake in milliseconds to connect to origin.