>> This request code may be used to provide visibility in cases where one or more valid requests create a dangerous situation, there is a pattern of erratic requests with the potential for danger, or the requester is otherwise detected as impaired.
Why this is considered necessary is explained in the next sentence:
>> Network-controlled devices are being used for beneficial but potentially dangerous activities such as construction and remote surgery. Identifying requester impairment is important for both accurately assessing the risk a given requester presents and preventing damage caused by a high-risk requester.
> create a dangerous situation, there is a pattern of erratic requests with the potential for danger, or the requester is otherwise detected as impaired.
"The risk a given requester represents" I mean... this is just so nebulous. Is this a special status code for webserver running in a breathalyzer? I'm convinced this is some kind of post-AI satire.
To be clear I understand the need for specialized devices to prevent misuse and user error. But the HTTP protocol is like, the worst possible choice for where to build that out. This is a layer 0 concern, not layer 7.
Who knows though. Maybe in a decade when Alcohol-as-a-Service startups are delivering fine liquor directly via the built-in straw of some next-gen Oculus headset, my virtual bartender will leverage this status when they cut me off.
Eh... Seems awful indirect for an HTTP standard defined status code. Like what is it trying to say, and who could do anything about it? Sounds like wrong layer to me without more concrete details surrounding an implementation utilizing it. .
I know there's some fuzziness between the layers, but shouldn't that be squarely in the application layer?