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Re: [Webpush] Proposed 5xx status code for WebPush

Martin Thomson <martin.thomson@gmail.com> Thu, 19 November 2015 18:02 UTC

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Subject: Re: [Webpush] Proposed 5xx status code for WebPush
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On 19 November 2015 at 09:00, Cyrus Daboo <cyrus@daboo.name> wrote:
> It seems a little odd for "success" to be indicated by a 4xx code. Why not
> just return a 204 (No Content) for that case?

I like this.  204 indicates that the content was removed
(successfully).  A 404/410 indicates that the resource was discarded.

Obviously, the 204 state might be immediately followed by the removal
of the resource, but we don't need to separately report that.

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