The IESG has received a request from the Hypertext Transfer Protocol WG (httpbis) to consider the following document: - 'An HTTP Status Code for Indicating Hints' <draft-ietf-httpbis-early-hints-03.txt> as Experimental RFC The IESG plans to make a decision in the next few weeks, and solicits final comments on this action. Please send substantive comments to the ietf@ietf.org mailing lists by 2017-07-05. Exceptionally, comments may be sent to iesg@ietf.org instead. In either case, please retain the beginning of the Subject line to allow automated sorting. Abstract This memo introduces an informational HTTP status code that can be used to convey hints that help a client make preparations for processing the final response. Note to Readers Discussion of this draft takes place on the HTTP working group mailing list (ietf-http-wg@w3.org), which is archived at https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/ietf-http-wg/ . Working Group information can be found at https://httpwg.github.io/ ; source code and issues list for this draft can be found at https://github.com/httpwg/http-extensions/labels/early-hints . The file can be obtained via https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-httpbis-early-hints/ IESG discussion can be tracked via https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-httpbis-early-hints/ballot/ No IPR declarations have been submitted directly on this I-D.
