Re: [Technical Errata Reported] RFC7232 (6080)

Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@greenbytes.de> Wed, 08 April 2020 13:43 UTC

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On 08.04.2020 15:39, RFC Errata System wrote:
> The following errata report has been submitted for RFC7232,
> "Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP/1.1): Conditional Requests".
> 
> --------------------------------------
> You may review the report below and at:
> https://www.rfc-editor.org/errata/eid6080
> 
> --------------------------------------
> Type: Technical
> Reported by: Michael Osipov <1983-01-06@gmx.net>
> 
> Section: 3.2
> 
> Original Text
> -------------
>     If-None-Match can also be used with a value of "*" to prevent an
>     unsafe request method (e.g., PUT) from inadvertently modifying an
>     existing representation of the target resource when the client
>     believes that the resource does not have a current representation
>     (Section 4.2.1 of [RFC7231]).  This is a variation on the "lost
>     update" problem that might arise if more than one client attempts to
>     create an initial representation for the target resource.
> 
> Corrected Text
> --------------
> 
> 
> Notes
> -----
> Please clarify what is supposed to happen when If-None-Match is used with unsafe methods and the value is NOT "*". Should the server respond with BAD_REQUEST?
> ...

This is not an erratum.

Please open a ticket at <https://github.com/httpwg/http-core>.

Best regards, Julian