Re: [Technical Errata Reported] RFC7231 (5806)

Willy Tarreau <w@1wt.eu> Mon, 12 August 2019 21:31 UTC

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From: Willy Tarreau <w@1wt.eu>
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On Mon, Aug 12, 2019 at 08:05:52PM +1200, Amos Jeffries wrote:
> > With this said, I don't know how common
> > it is to respond with 204 to an OPTIONS request given that 204 is
> > reportedly cacheable by default (6.3.5) while OPTIONS is said not to
> > be. Thus more confusion may arise on this point as well.
> > 
> 
> That should not be an issue since the 204 caching is explicitly "unless
> otherwise indicated by the method definition".

OK that makes sense indeed.

Willy