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WolfCop 89 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Temporary Cloudflare accounts for AI agents

Why a GET and cancel after headers instead of a HEAD?

simonw 89 days ago [–]

I don't trust everyone online to correctly implement HEAD requests. I'm quite possibly being overly paranoid.

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