Re: I-D Action: draft-ietf-httpbis-layered-cookies-01.txt

Hi Rory,

6265bis is just going into the RFC Editor queue, and layered-cookies is the next revision after that -- it's effectively a refactoring (something we considered during 6265bis but wanted to separate out).

Cheers,


> On 21 Nov 2025, at 11:41 am, Rory Hewitt <rory.hewitt@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Maybe I'm confused, but what is the relationship, if any, between "draft-ietf-httpbis-layered-cookies-01" (this I-D) and "draft-ietf-httpbis-rfc6265bis" (the draft put forward by Steve Bingler and others)?
> 
> They're both updates to RFC6365 "Cookies: HTTP State Management Mechanism" RFC, correct? So what's the reason for having two separate I-Ds at the same time?
> 
> On Tue, Nov 18, 2025 at 5:26 AM <internet-drafts@ietf.org> wrote:
> Internet-Draft draft-ietf-httpbis-layered-cookies-01.txt is now available. It
> is a work item of the HTTP (HTTPBIS) WG of the IETF.
> 
>    Title:   Cookies: HTTP State Management Mechanism
>    Authors: Anne van Kesteren
>             Johann Hofmann
>    Name:    draft-ietf-httpbis-layered-cookies-01.txt
>    Pages:   46
>    Dates:   2025-11-18
> 
> Abstract:
> 
>    This document defines the HTTP Cookie and Set-Cookie header fields.
>    These header fields can be used by HTTP servers to store state
>    (called cookies) at HTTP user agents, letting the servers maintain a
>    stateful session over the mostly stateless HTTP protocol.  Although
>    cookies have many historical infelicities that degrade their security
>    and privacy, the Cookie and Set-Cookie header fields are widely used
>    on the Internet.  This document obsoletes RFC 6265 and 6265bis.
> 
> The IETF datatracker status page for this Internet-Draft is:
> https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-httpbis-layered-cookies/
> 
> There is also an HTML version available at:
> https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-ietf-httpbis-layered-cookies-01.html
> 
> A diff from the previous version is available at:
> https://author-tools.ietf.org/iddiff?url2=draft-ietf-httpbis-layered-cookies-01
> 
> Internet-Drafts are also available by rsync at:
> rsync.ietf.org::internet-drafts
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Rory Hewitt
> 
> https://www.linkedin.com/in/roryhewitt

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