WICG / WICG/webpackage

Extend Accept-Signature to include app/s-e response type

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Description

The Accept-Signature header says:

When a server receives an Accept-Signature header field in a client request, it SHOULD reply with any available Signature header fields for its response that the Accept-Signature header field indicates the client supports.

However, the same-origin Signature response may be less reliable than application/signed-exchange, due to possible undesired transformations of signed data (headers or payload). Consider modifying this section to say that a server MAY reply with an application/signed-exchange instead.

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Research direction

Read the Accept-Signature section in the linked Web Packaging specification and compare its current wording with the requested behavior. Done means the section clearly allows a server to respond with an application/signed-exchange when appropriate, with the specification text updated accordingly.

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Domain
documentation
Issue type
Documentation
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2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
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