RFC 7541 · PROPOSED STANDARD · 2015 MON · 14 SEP 2026

HPACK: Header Compression for HTTP/2

By R. Peon, H. Ruellan · Published May 2015 · DOI 10.17487/RFC7541

Overview

RFC 7541, “HPACK: Header Compression for HTTP/2”, is a Proposed Standard document published in May 2015 by R. Peon, H. Ruellan. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.

Abstract

This specification defines HPACK, a compression format for efficiently representing HTTP header fields, to be used in HTTP/2.

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What “Proposed Standard” means

An entry-level standards-track specification: stable, peer-reviewed and a solid basis for implementation, though it may still evolve before becoming an Internet Standard.

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