HTTP Outcall Improvements?

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I recently had a discussion that suggested some updates to the HTTP outcalls feature might be coming soon (now higher priority). These include:

  1. A single replica to make an external call without needing to go through consensus, reducing the cost and complexity of making HTTP Outcalls
  2. IPV4 support

What is the current status of where these features sit in the backlog?

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This is a blocker for me to implement on-chain Telegram/X auto-poster bot without off chain idempotency service.

Also I wonder, if it is possible to pass transform arg to http_request that is not exposed in the canister?

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for example, here transform and transformRequest could be encapsulated inside DashboardParser (now I have to move it out into canister actor)

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I think this was silently rolled out last week. @Manu can probably provide a better overview. he also told me that there is a plan to communicate this more broadly with a dedicated forum post.

then, of course, we should make sure to make many folks aware about this great improvement! :slight_smile: