Re: Call for Adoption: Proxy Status

> On 22 Apr 2019, at 2:50 am, Alex Rousskov <rousskov@measurement-factory.com> wrote:
> 
> On 4/10/19 6:24 PM, Tommy Pauly wrote:
>> https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-nottingham-proxy-status-00
>> 
>> This email starts a call for adoption. Please reply to this email with
>> your thoughts, and state whether or not you believe the group should
>> adopt this document. Feedback is requested by *Wednesday, April 24*.
> 
> I believe the scope of the document should be enlarged from the current
> "error details in the proxy-generated response" to something like "proxy
> status(es) when handling the message". After that, it should be adopted.

Hi Alex,

Agreed; Piotr and I have already been discussing that. That said, we should be careful to understand the delineation between this and the Cache header.

Cheers,


> IMHO, there is no good reason to restrict a generic "Proxy-Status"
> mechanism to proxy-generated errors, especially since existing proxies
> already use similar mechanisms to relay their state when forwarding
> messages (in addition to generating error responses). Typical uses
> include relaying caching state (initial lookup outcome, refresh
> activity, etc.) and proxy-specific transaction IDs (for correlating
> messages with proxy logs).
> 
> 
> Thank you,
> 
> Alex.
> 

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Received on Tuesday, 23 April 2019 00:35:12 UTC