Issues

• Question: Is there a more efficient way of handling binary payloads over WebSockets?

  question
  w3c/web-thing-protocol#119 · Filter by author benfrancis opened on Mar 4, 2026

• Bug: actionID in the wrong place in example 42

  bug
  w3c/web-thing-protocol#117 · Filter by author benfrancis opened on Dec 2, 2025

• Strawman Proposal: HTTP Sub-protocol

  w3c/web-thing-protocol#116 · Filter by author benfrancis opened on Nov 24, 2025
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• Use Case: Voice Assistant

  use case
  w3c/web-thing-protocol#114 · Filter by author benfrancis opened on Nov 12, 2025

• Requirement: Rate Limiting

  requirement
  w3c/web-thing-protocol#110 · Filter by author benfrancis opened on Oct 22, 2025
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• Question: Should invokeaction always respond with an ActionStatus object

  question
  w3c/web-thing-protocol#99 · Filter by author benfrancis opened on Oct 15, 2025
  1

• Question: Are synchronous actions queryable and cancellable?

  question
  w3c/web-thing-protocol#98 · Filter by author benfrancis opened on Oct 15, 2025
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• Question: Should it be possible to cancel an action by name only?

  question
  w3c/web-thing-protocol#97 · Filter by author benfrancis opened on Oct 15, 2025

• Question: Should it be possible to query an action by name only?

  question
  w3c/web-thing-protocol#96 · Filter by author benfrancis opened on Oct 15, 2025
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• Specify a way for a Web Thing to act as a WebSocket client

  feature
  w3c/web-thing-protocol#68 · Filter by author benfrancis opened on May 8, 2025
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• Question: Is there a need for ping and pong messages?

  question
  w3c/web-thing-protocol#44 · Filter by author benfrancis opened on Feb 12, 2025
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• proposal draft/discussion: web-thing-protocol (WoTP): json-rpc system extension

  w3c/web-thing-protocol#36 · Filter by author unit9a opened on Jan 9, 2025
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• Requirement: Proposal (2) for standardized message envelope for requests, responses and notifications

  requirement
  w3c/web-thing-protocol#34 · Filter by author hspaay opened on Dec 22, 2024
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• Feedback: Standardize the message field names (proposal 1)

  requirement
  w3c/web-thing-protocol#32 · Filter by author hspaay opened on Dec 22, 2024
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• Requirement: Support for additonal metadata such as OpenTelemetry/TracingContext in WebSocket Messages

  requirement
  w3c/web-thing-protocol#30 · Filter by author RobWin opened on Dec 19, 2024
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• Use Case: Provide web pages with access to local hardware capabilities

  use case
  w3c/web-thing-protocol#18 · Filter by author benfrancis opened on Aug 22, 2022
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• Use Case: Providing a secure appliance

  use case
  w3c/web-thing-protocol#15 · Filter by author hspaay opened on Dec 17, 2020
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