When the HTTP Requester receives a Remotely Closed error, which HTTP methods are retried three times by default?

• A. POST and PUT
• B. PATCH and HEAD
• C. GET and DELETE
• D. OPTIONS and TRACE

Answer: (C)

When the HTTP Requester encounters a Remotely Closed error, it may automatically retry the request. The default retry behavior targets methods that are safe to repeat without causing unintended side effects. GET and DELETE are retried because they are idempotent: issuing the same GET multiple times simply fetches the resource, and issuing DELETE multiple times will not create extra changes beyond the initial deletion. In both cases, repeating the operation does not risk duplicating data or altering state in unexpected ways, which makes retries reliable in the face of transient network issues.

Other methods, like POST or PATCH, can create or modify resources in ways that repeating the request could cause duplicates or undesired changes, so they aren’t retried by default. This default choice balances resilience with safety.