- From: Jim Gettys <jg@pa.dec.com>
- Date: Mon, 17 Nov 1997 09:11:07 -0800
- To: http-wg%cuckoo.hpl.hp.com@hplb.hpl.hp.com
This ended up becoming an editorial issue, but for completeness, here's what I've put into the document. - Jim Old text: 10.3 Redirection 3xx This class of status code indicates that further action needs to be taken by the user agent in order to fulfill the request. The action required MAY be carried out by the user agent without interaction with the user if and only if the method used in the second request is GET or HEAD. A user agent SHOULD NOT automatically redirect a request more than 5 times, since such redirections usually indicate an infinite loop. New text: 10.3 Redirection 3xx This class of status code indicates that further action needs to be taken by the user agent in order to fulfill the request. The action required MAY be carried out by the user agent without interaction with the user if and only if the method used in the second request is GET or HEAD. A client SHOULD detect infinite redirection loops, since such loops generate network traffic for each redirection. Note: previous versions of this specification recommended a maximum of five redirections. Application developers should be aware that there may be clients that implement such a fixed limitation.
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