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@@ -90,6 +90,19 @@ the `early_error/5` callback must return a response command.
The following commands are defined:
+[[inform_command]]
+=== inform
+
+Send an informational response to the client.
+
+[source,erlang]
+----
+{inform, cowboy:http_status(), cowboy:http_headers()}
+----
+
+Any number of informational responses may be sent,
+but only until the final response is sent.
+
[[response_command]]
=== response
@@ -277,6 +290,15 @@ This is the raw exit message without any modification.
// TODO receive the message, and perhaps *identify* which process
// TODO gets it?
+=== inform
+
+Same as the xref:inform_command[inform command].
+
+Sent when the request process reads the body and an
+expect: 100-continue header was present in the request,
+or when the request process sends an informational
+response on its own.
+
=== response
Same as the xref:response_command[response command].