feat: allow PUT/DELETE in http_request for non-replicated calls#6199
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LGTM I'll approve once the feature is rolled-out in prod to prevent accidental merging
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Mirrors dfinity/portal#6199 (PUT/DELETE). PATCH is a mutation, so like PUT/DELETE it is restricted to non-replicated mode (a replicated outcall is sent once per replica; PATCH is not guaranteed idempotent per RFC 5789). Requested in dfinity/portal#6244. Migrated from dfinity/portal#6245. NOTE: The changelog entry uses 0.63.0 because developer-docs already has a 0.62.0 entry with different content. The correct version number needs human confirmation before this PR is merged. Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Migrated from dfinity/portal#6245 (moved to this repo per reviewer request — the spec is now hosted here). ### What - `public/references/ic.did`: `method` variant → `variant { get; head; post; put; delete; patch }`. - `docs/references/ic-interface-spec/management-canister.md`: document `PATCH` alongside `PUT`/`DELETE` as supported in non-replicated mode only (two paragraphs). - `docs/references/ic-interface-spec/changelog.md`: new `0.63.0 (TBD)` entry. > **Note:** the changelog uses `0.63.0` because `0.62.0` is already present in this repo with different content (2025-05-26). Please confirm the correct version number before merging. ### Why `PATCH` is the last common REST verb missing after `PUT`/`DELETE` landed (dfinity/portal#6199). It is pervasive in modern REST APIs for partial updates (Google Calendar, GitHub, Stripe, …). The concrete driver is generated Motoko clients for the Google Calendar API whose partial-update operations are otherwise un-callable. ### Why non-replicated only Same rationale as `PUT`/`DELETE`: in replicated mode an outcall is issued once per replica; `PATCH` is additionally not guaranteed idempotent (RFC 5789 §2). The existing `is_replicated` machinery already covers it; no new mechanism is introduced. ### Notes - Spec/docs change only. The corresponding runtime implementation is in dfinity/ic#10378. - The date in the changelog entry should be updated to the mainnet rollout date before merging. - Originally opened as dfinity/portal#6245; that PR will be closed once this one merges. --------- Co-authored-by: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com> Co-authored-by: mraszyk <31483726+mraszyk@users.noreply.github.com>
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Adapts the IC spec to allow PUT/DELETE for HTTP outcalls using
http_requestin non-replicated mode.