RFC 8516 · PROPOSED STANDARD · 2019

"Too Many Requests" Response Code for the Constrained Application Protocol

Overview

RFC 8516, “"Too Many Requests" Response Code for the Constrained Application Protocol”, is a Proposed Standard document published in January 2019 by A. Keranen. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.

Abstract

A Constrained Application Protocol (CoAP) server can experience temporary overload because one or more clients are sending requests to the server at a higher rate than the server is capable or willing to handle. This document defines a new CoAP response code for a server to indicate that a client should reduce the rate of requests.

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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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