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+title: "`extended-isupport` Extension"
+layout: spec
+copyrights:
+  -
+    name: "Simon Ser"
+    period: "2024"
+    email: "[email protected]"
+---
+
+## Notes for implementing work-in-progress version
+
+This is a work-in-progress specification.
+
+Software implementing this work-in-progress specification MUST NOT use the
+unprefixed `extended-isupport` capability name. Instead, implementations SHOULD
+use the `draft/extended-isupportt` capability name to be interoperable with
+other software implementing a compatible work-in-progress version. The final
+version of the specification will use unprefixed capability names.
+
+## Introduction
+
+`RPL_ISUPPORT` is used to advertise metadata about the server as key-value
+entries. However, `RPL_ISUPPORT` is only sent by servers after connection
+registration. This undermines the usefulness of `RPL_ISUPPORT`: some of the
+metadata would be useful to clients prior to connection registration. This
+extension adds a mechanism to send `RPL_ISUPPORT` messages before connection
+registration, as well as an end of `RPL_ISUPPORT` list indication.
+
+## Implementation
+
+### `draft/extended-isupport` capability
+
+When the `draft/extended-isupport` capability is enabled by the client, the
+server MUST send one or more `RPL_ISUPPORT` messages followed by a
+`RPL_ENDOFISUPPORT` message. While `draft/extended-isupport` is enabled, the
+server MAY send updates to the key-value entries via subsequent `RPL_ISUPPORT`
+and `RPL_ENDOFISUPPORT` messages.
+
+The server MAY skip the `RPL_ISUPPORT` replies usually sent when connection
+registration completes, if it already sent all information.
+
+Before connection registration, the server MAY send only a subset of the full
+`RPL_ISUPPORT` list. In that case, the server MUST send a `RPL_ISUPPORT` list
+when connection registration completes with entries previously omitted.
+
+### `draft/isupport` batch
+
+If the [`batch`][] capability is enabled, the server MUST group all
+`RPL_ISUPPORT` messages inside a batch.
+
+### `RPL_ENDOFISUPPORT` numeric (370)
+
+    :<server> 370 <client> :<info>
+
+This numeric is used to indicate the end of a `RPL_ISUPPORT` list. Servers MUST
+always end any `RPL_ISUPPORT` list with `RPL_ENDOFISUPPORT` when the
+`draft/extended-isupport` capability is enabled.
+
+## Examples
+
+Enabling the capability:
+
+    C: CAP LS 302
+    S: :irc.example.org CAP * LS :multi-prefix sasl draft/extended-isupport
+    C: CAP REQ draft/extended-isupport
+    S: :irc.example.org CAP * ACK draft/extended-isupport
+    S: :irc.example.org 005 * NETWORK=Example NICKLEN=30
+    S: :irc.example.org 370 * :End of ISUPPORT list
+
+Sending a change:
+
+    S: :irc.example.org 005 * CHANNELLEN=64 -NETWORK
+    S: :irc.example.org 370 * :End of ISUPPORT list