999 Request Denied

Post by lsaferite » Sat, Nov 04, 2023, 11:59 AM UTC

capableweb wrote: post #32

gostsamo wrote: post #17

This is super unprofessional. 999 means nothing, therefore it cannot be acted upon, therefore it is totally useless. Best description which I can come up with is "I don't like you and I won't say why, because I don't like you". The expected client behavior is sending in return an empty http post request with wtf header and value "I feel this server is passive aggressive towards me."

> therefore it cannot be acted upon, therefore it is totally useless From the examples, this seem to be the point. If you receive a 429, you know you can just backoff a bit and it'll work at a later point, but if you receive 999, you're not sure how to proceed, which seems to be what they (the service) wants.

Post by kjs3 » Sun, Nov 05, 2023, 11:40 PM UTC

irdc wrote: post #70

kjs3 wrote: post #67

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Which isn't remotely the same thing as whether it's a 'thing'.

Technically correct. But one could argue that it shouldn't be a thing.