A first-day recap of the seventh HTTP Workshop held in Basel, Switzerland, covering six technical presentations. Topics included extending REST for state synchronization across decentralized social platforms (Mastodon, Bluesky, Matrix), analysis of Last-Modified header usage trends via Common Crawl data, real-world HTTP usage patterns and common mistakes found with the cc-lint tool, the significant bandwidth impact of AI scraper bots on CDNs (roughly half of all traffic), Apple's HTTP stack development progress and new Swift HTTP API proposals, and Android networking internals with a focus on ECH, QUIC connection migration, and the battery cost of idle connection teardown signals on mobile devices.
Table of contents
Extending REST for State synchronizationLast-Modified header use over timeHow is HTTP used in the world?AI-bots’ use of HTTPThe Apple HTTP stack two years laterWhy new HTTP APIs?Android NetworkingDay one world problem solving763 Impressions