RFC 5861 - HTTP Cache-Control Extensions for Stale Content

• Status: Informational
• Published: May 2010
• Stream: Independent
• Errata: No Errata

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Abstract

This document defines two independent HTTP Cache-Control extensions that allow control over the use of stale responses by caches.

Table of Contents

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Notational Conventions
• 3. The stale-while-revalidate Cache-Control Extension
  • 3.1. Example
• 4. The stale-if-error Cache-Control Extension
  • 4.1. Example
• 5. Security Considerations
• 6. Normative References
• Appendix A. Acknowledgements

Status of This Memo

This document is not an Internet Standards Track specification; it is published for informational purposes.

This is a contribution to the RFC Series, independently of any other RFC stream. The RFC Editor has chosen to publish this document at its discretion and makes no statement about its value for implementation or deployment. Documents approved for publication by the RFC Editor are not a candidate for any level of Internet Standard; see Section 2 of RFC 5741.

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Author's Address

Mark Nottingham Yahoo! Inc.

EMail: [email protected] URI: http://www.mnot.net/