IETF Standardizes QUERY Method to Fix HTTP's Longstanding Query Problem

The IETF has standardized the QUERY HTTP method (RFC 10008) to allow complex queries in the request body while preserving safe, idempotent, and cacheable semantics. This solves issues with URL length limits, sensitive data exposure in logs, and encoding overhead that plagued GET and POST. The method supports any media type like JSON or form-encoded data, enabling proper caching and retry behavior for read operations.