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Adopting a new approach to HTTP prioritization

Adopting a new approach to HTTP prioritization

12/31/2019 · Lucas Pardue

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This post announces the adoption of the "Extensible Prioritization Scheme for HTTP" by the IETF HTTP Working Group, a new approach to HTTP prioritization. It details the limitations of HTTP/1.1 and HTTP/2 prioritization, introduces the new scheme which uses absolute weighting via an HTTP header instead of dependencies, and highlights Cloudflare's role in its development and co-editorship. This represents a significant step in standardizing more effective HTTP prioritization for better web performance.

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