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Comment by spockz

17 hours ago

Not freely. It is idempotent, not safe. So it still can have serious load consequences.

    Unlike POST, however, the method is explicitly safe and idempotent, allowing
    functions like caching and automatic retries to operate.

  • Putting something in a spec does not automatically make it true. In the real world if you repeat expensive queries more than an undefined amount you get blocked or at least bot-checked.