[squid-users] Minimum Squid Version for HTTP PATCH method support

[Amos Jeffries]

On 15/03/2016 5:32 a.m., Ben Roberts wrote:
> I have a client whose Squid proxy is blocking PATCH requests (returning 400
> bad request) and defeating functionality in web software that uses this
> HTTP method.
> 
> The "Server" header is "squid/2.7.STABLE6"
> 
> I assume that an update to Squid would resolve this issue but need to
> confirm before pushing the reluctant client to make this change. Can
> someone please confirm that the PATCH HTTP method is supported in modern
> versions of Squid, and what minimum version of Squid is required for this
> support.

Yes Squid-3 supprts any valid method names. When upgrading go with the
latest you can to get the longest possible support period.

There is also this for 2.7 as a temporary workaround while the upgrade
is tested:
 <http://www.squid-cache.org/Doc/config/extension_methods/>

Amos