Can an agent pay with HTTP 402 Status Code?
YESPer its awesome-x402 listing: The long-dormant HTTP status.
Proof
“402 Payment Required - HTTP | MDN Skip to main content Skip to search HTML HTML: Markup language HTML reference Elements Global attributes Attributes See all… HTML guides Responsive images”
Details
- Verdict
- Yes: there is a documented way for an agent to pay with no human per payment.
- Kind
- service
- Rails
- x402
- Last checked
- 2026-10-18