of broken connections where only very small packets are sent; such failures might only be detected by other means, such as timers. <del> 10.4. The closing and draining connection states exist to ensure that connections close cleanly and that delayed or reordered packets are properly discarded.  These states SHOULD persist for at least three times the current Probe Timeout (PTO) interval as defined in QUIC- RECOVERY. An endpoint enters a closing period after initiating an immediate close; immediate-close.  While closing, an endpoint MUST NOT send packets unless they contain a CONNECTION_CLOSE frame; see immediate- close for details.  An endpoint retains only enough information to generate a packet containing a CONNECTION_CLOSE frame and to identify packets as belonging to the connection.  The endpoint's selected connection ID and the QUIC version are sufficient information to identify packets for a closing connection; an endpoint can discard all other connection state.  An endpoint MAY retain packet protection keys for incoming packets to allow it to read and process a CONNECTION_CLOSE frame. The draining state is entered once an endpoint receives a signal that its peer is closing or draining.  While otherwise identical to the closing state, an endpoint in the draining state MUST NOT send any packets.  Retaining packet protection keys is unnecessary once a connection is in the draining state. An endpoint MAY transition from the closing period to the draining period if it receives a CONNECTION_CLOSE frame or stateless reset, both of which indicate that the peer is also closing or draining. The draining period SHOULD end when the closing period would have ended.  In other words, the endpoint can use the same end time, but cease retransmission of the closing packet. Disposing of connection state prior to the end of the closing or draining period could cause delayed or reordered packets to generate an unnecessary stateless reset.  Endpoints that have some alternative means to ensure that late-arriving packets on the connection do not induce a response, such as those that are able to close the UDP socket, MAY use an abbreviated draining period to allow for faster resource recovery.  Servers that retain an open socket for accepting new connections SHOULD NOT exit the closing or draining period early. Once the closing or draining period has ended, an endpoint SHOULD discard all connection state.  This results in new packets on the connection being handled generically.  For instance, an endpoint MAY send a stateless reset in response to any further incoming packets. The draining and closing periods do not apply when a stateless reset (stateless-reset) is sent. An endpoint is not expected to handle key updates when it is closing or draining.  A key update might prevent the endpoint from moving from the closing state to draining, but it otherwise has no impact. While in the closing period, an endpoint could receive packets from a new source address, indicating a connection migration; migration.  An endpoint in the closing state MUST strictly limit the number of packets it sends to this new address until the address is validated; see migrate-validate.  A server in the closing state MAY instead choose to discard packets received from a new source address. </del> 11. An endpoint that detects an error SHOULD signal the existence of that