You know how HTTP GET requests are meant to be idempotent?

Re:You know how HTTP GET requests are meant to be idempotent? by ams6110 on Tuesday May 01, 2018 @09:00AM (#16966644)

A not-small percentage of users double click links (and buttons, and anything else that needs clicking).

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Re:You know how HTTP GET requests are meant to be idempotent? by 0xcde4c3db on Tuesday May 01, 2018 @09:34AM (#16966893)

The wording is a little ambiguous, but I think the scheme was that the first request is honored and any subsequent requests are ignored, not that additional requests cancel or undo the action altogether.

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Re:You know how HTTP GET requests are meant to be idempotent? by athenot on Tuesday May 01, 2018 @10:18AM (#16967198)

Thanks! Yes I didn't word that properly. :(

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