Do HttpClient and HttpClientHandler have to be disposed between requests?

Question

System.Net.Http.HttpClient and System.Net.Http.HttpClientHandler in .NET Framework 4.5 implement IDisposable (via System.Net.Http.HttpMessageInvoker).

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Answer 1

Please take a read on my answer to a very similar question posted below. It should be clear that you should treat HttpClient instances as singletons and re-used across requests.

What is the overhead of creating a new HttpClient per call in a WebAPI client?