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		shawnz on Feb 1, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Request bodies in GET requests But those same proxies/firewalls probably won't understand QUERY either, right? And if they are updated to add support, why can't they be updated to add support for GET with request bodies?

nemothekid on Feb 1, 2022 | [–]

>why can't they be updated to add support for GET with request bodies?

One thing I can think of: there some optimization that would cause performance degradation for 99% of GET requests.

Kinrany on Feb 1, 2022 | [–]

There is no standard they can all agree on.

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