chiprook
← Software
SoftwareOctober 14, 2026, 16:52

x402 audit: 156 Bazaar sellers send PAYMENT-REQUIRED headers aiohttp can't read

A developer probed 2,332 origins in the Coinbase CDP Bazaar (34,705 resources) and measured the size of the PAYMENT-REQUIRED header. Of 2,127 origins that returned HTTP 402, 156 send headers over 8,190 bytes that aiohttp rejects, and 4 exceed 16 KB, breaking Node's fetch (undici). The cause is the base64-encoded PaymentRequired object with input/output examples and JSON schema; the largest header hit 55 KB.

x402 audit: 156 Bazaar sellers send PAYMENT-REQUIRED headers aiohttp can't read
#Coinbase#X402#Aiohttp
Read next
Software

Empty-wallet test on 4,256 x402 routes: 38 sellers blame a facilitator outage

Business

Test of 100 x402 sellers: 87% of paid calls returned real answers, but almost no buyers

AI

Crawling all 31,620 x402 Bazaar listings: 77% have two payers or fewer

AI

x402 Bazaar: 34,062 paid endpoints and 916,002 calls in 30 days