- From: The IESG <iesg-secretary@ietf.org>
- Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2025 13:11:05 -0800
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The IESG has approved the following document: - 'The HTTP QUERY Method' (draft-ietf-httpbis-safe-method-w-body-14.txt) as Proposed Standard This document is the product of the HTTP Working Group. The IESG contact persons are Gorry Fairhurst and Mike Bishop. A URL of this Internet-Draft is: https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-httpbis-safe-method-w-body/ Technical Summary This specification defines the QUERY method for HTTP. A QUERY requests that the request target process the enclosed content in a safe/idempotent manner and then respond with the result of that processing. This is similar to POST requests but can be automatically repeated or restarted without concern for partial state changes. Working Group Summary This draft was extensively discussed over a long period of time, and has had diverse input, and is considered by the WG to be ready to publish. Document Quality The draft has been exposed to W3C and WHATWG. There was a detailed httpdir review by Roy Fielding, after which this I-D was revised, and WGLC'ed to confirm these changes. There are no Media Types defined, but Media Type processing is specified. Personnel The Document Shepherd for this document is Mark Nottingham. The Responsible Area Director is Gorry Fairhurst (Mike Bishop is the WG Responsible Area Director, so is recused). IANA Note IANA is requested to add the QUERY method and to the HTTP Method Registry at <http://www.iana.org/assignments/http-methods>. IANA is requested to add the Accept-Query field to the HTTP Field Name Registry at <https://www.iana.org/assignments/http-fields>.
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