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Shouldn't 429 (Too many requests) be a 5xx code?
In general 4xx errors are problems with the request, and 5xx errors are operational issues with the server/network
OMG really? Do we want to make HTTP even bigger? Don't we want to dump it for good and look for something more suitable to what the modern web needs instead?
Rewriting a large and complex enterprise-class application is tough enough, and a task that can variously (and expensively) fail. Rewriting the whole of the World Wide Web? Your replacement had better have a solid compatibility and migration path with "legacy" HTTP, and provide a substantial improvement over what HTTP and the existing tools provides, and clients and a migration path for a majority of the platforms an…
Isn't this something that the http server handles? I am not in web development except for basic php and cgi scripts. Are people actually writing web app code to dictate what http code comes back on each request?
Earlier quoted context omitted.
In general 4xx errors are problems with the request, and 5xx errors are operational issues with the server/network
Too continue. It's "you're sending ttoo many requests" not "server is overloaded/getting too many requests". Hence it's a client error 4xx, and not server 5xx.
511 seems a little pointless -- browsers can treat it differently, but if the intermediate gateway intends to be malicious, then it won't return 511 anyway. The only useful thing I can see is avoiding accidents/attacks on the gateway compromising its clients.
It has nothing to do with security, but it's not pointless. It tells the client that this response did not come from the server it attempted to contact. This is especially useful for non-browser clients that will otherwise simply choke on the 302 redirect normally used for this purpose, but it could also be useful for browsers to present a better UI for signing on to the internet. My only concern is that 511 could be…
Filter on User-Agent to only show terms to browser. If non-human agent spoofs browser signature, it’s their own fault.
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