News from 2026-10-29
Web Bot Auth working-group draft reaches -01
In short
29 October 2026: Web Bot Auth working-group draft reaches -01. draft-ietf-webbotauth-httpsig-protocol-01, the adopted working-group draft that replaced the individual Meunier drafts, was posted on 2026-10-29. A registry and Signature Agent card draft (-04) followed on 2026-10-27. For a site owner nothing changes yet: a working-group draft is not a finished standard, so keep your current verification in place.
draft-ietf-webbotauth-httpsig-protocol-01, the adopted working-group draft that replaced the individual Meunier drafts, was posted on 2026-10-29. A registry and Signature Agent card draft (-04) followed on 2026-10-27.
Primary source datatracker.ietf.org/wg/webbotauth/documents/, read 2026-11-04.
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Last reviewed 2026-11-04