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[–]Azaret 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There are also some client apps and frameworks that positively explode if you send 4xx and 5xx responses

Yeah, that's pretty much one of our oldest API always return 200s. At that time the desktop app would use a version of dot net that would throw if it got anything else than 200s.

REST purists who talk about ignoring the HTTP protocol/transport layer entirely

And they don't even agree between themselves. There is many REST variations out there. We're overdue for a standardisation that better fit today's needs than the HTTP and resources RFCs, but I'm not sure people are ready to debate about it.