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Define the browser algorithm for determining cacheability of status codes

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Description

#326 leaves the loading spec more restrictive than the RFC draft in terms of which status codes are allowed. We should figure out how browsers implement https://httpwg.org/http-core/draft-ietf-httpbis-cache-latest.html#response.cacheability and refer to that from the loading spec instead of blindly requiring only status 200, or we should tighten the RFC draft to require just that status.

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Start with issue #326, the loading spec's status-code requirement, and the linked HTTP core draft section on response cacheability. Compare how browsers determine cacheability, then document whether the loading spec should reference that algorithm or whether the RFC draft should require only status 200.

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Domain
networking
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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