From: Rich Bowen <rbowen@apache.org>
Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2026 20:08:12 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: core: Document that TRACE cannot be controlled by <Limit>, use TraceEnable instead... 
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core: Document that TRACE cannot be controlled by <Limit>, use TraceEnable instead (Bug 64906)

git-svn-id: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpd/httpd/trunk@1933543 13f79535-47bb-0310-9956-ffa450edef68
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diff --git a/docs/manual/mod/core.xml b/docs/manual/mod/core.xml
index 10d857046a..0c49a56fc9 100644
--- a/docs/manual/mod/core.xml
+++ b/docs/manual/mod/core.xml
@@ -5019,6 +5019,11 @@ certain events before failing a request</description>
     reflect the full headers and all chunk headers with the response
     body.  As a proxy server, the request body is not restricted to 64Kb.</p>
 
+    <p>The <code>TRACE</code> method cannot be restricted using
+    <directive type="section" module="core">Limit</directive> or
+    <directive type="section" module="core">LimitExcept</directive>.
+    Use <directive>TraceEnable</directive> instead.</p>
+
     <note><title>Note</title>
 
     <p>Despite claims to the contrary, enabling the <code>TRACE</code>