Did you know that HTTP is an inherently stateless protocol? From the very first line in the RFC[1]: "The Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) is a stateless app

Did you know that HTTP is an inherently stateless protocol? From the very first line in the RFC[1]: "The Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) is a stateless application- level protocol for distributed, collaborative, hypertext information systems." Which is why you need to send a header every time you make a request with authorization data. Given that: no, stateful methods like OPEN/CLOSE would not fit at all with how HTTP is designed to work. [1] https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc7231 https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc7231