HTTP Has a New Method Now (After 16 Years!), and it lands where AI agents were bleeding
TL;DR In June 2026, HTTP got a new method, QUERY , published as the official standard RFC 10008 . It carries a body like POST but stays safe and idempotent like GET. It’s the first new…
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RFC 10008: Defining the HTTP QUERY Method for Safe, Idempotent Requests
This specification defines the QUERY method for HTTP. A QUERY requests that the request target process the enclosed content in a safe and id
rfc-editor.org·29d agoRFC 10008: Defining the HTTP QUERY Method for Safe, Idempotent Requests
This specification defines the QUERY method for HTTP. A QUERY requests that the request target process the enclosed content in a safe and id
rfc-editor.org·29d agoRFC 10008: Defining the HTTP QUERY Method for Safe, Idempotent Requests
This specification defines the QUERY method for HTTP. A QUERY requests that the request target process the enclosed content in a safe and id
rfc-editor.org·29d ago
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