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by topham 2 hours ago
So, I need to update all the tools to support QUERY, or I need to update all the tools to support GET/body.

So, either way, I need to update all the tools.

Just fix GET.

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The point is that if you do that, you end up with lots of undefined behaviour in existing software that has not been patched yet.

If you make it a whole new request method, existing unpatched software should just respond with "Method not allowed".