README, CHANGELOG, remove Watson

Author: MDA2AV

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ All notable changes to Http11Probe are documented in this file.
 
 ## [2026-02-16]
 
+### Removed
+- **Watson server** — removed from the test suite
+
 ### Added
 - **Baseline test gate** — probe workflow now fails when a server can't pass `COMP-BASELINE` or `COMP-POST-CL-BODY`, blocking merge; PR comment shows prominent pass/fail status and is posted even on failure (#98)
 - **4 caching tests** — `CAP-IMS-FUTURE` (If-Modified-Since with future date), `CAP-IMS-INVALID` (invalid IMS value), `CAP-INM-UNQUOTED` (unquoted ETag in If-None-Match), `CAP-ETAG-WEAK` (weak ETag validation) (#94)

Http11Probe.slnx

@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
     <Project Path="src/Servers/NetCoreServerFramework/NetCoreServerFramework.csproj" />
     <Project Path="src/Servers/SimpleWServer/SimpleWServer.csproj" />
     <Project Path="src/Servers/SiskServer/SiskServer.csproj" />
-    <Project Path="src/Servers/WatsonServer/WatsonServer.csproj" />
     <Project Path="src/Servers/ServiceStackServer/ServiceStackServer.csproj" />
   </Folder>
 </Solution>

README.md

@@ -15,13 +15,13 @@ HTTP/1.1 server compliance and security tester. Sends malformed, ambiguous, and
 
 Each test is scored against RFC normative language (MUST/SHOULD/MAY) and classified as **Pass**, **Fail**, or **Warn** (when the RFC permits both strict and lenient behavior).
 
-## 37 Server Targets
+## 36 Server Targets
 
 Tested across 11 languages:
 
 | Language | Servers |
 |----------|---------|
-| C# | Kestrel, EmbedIO, FastEndpoints, GenHTTP, Glyph11, NetCoreServer, ServiceStack, SimpleW, Sisk, Watson |
+| C# | Kestrel, EmbedIO, FastEndpoints, GenHTTP, Glyph11, NetCoreServer, ServiceStack, SimpleW, Sisk |
 | C | Apache, H2O, HAProxy, Lighttpd, Nginx |
 | Rust | Actix, Hyper, Ntex, Pingora |
 | Go | Caddy, FastHTTP, Gin, Traefik |

docs/content/docs/_index.md

@@ -23,4 +23,5 @@ Reference documentation for every test in Http11Probe, organized by topic. Each
   {{< card link="malformed-input" title="Malformed Input" subtitle="Binary garbage, oversized fields, control characters, incomplete requests." icon="lightning-bolt" >}}
   {{< card link="upgrade" title="Upgrade / WebSocket" subtitle="Protocol upgrade validation, WebSocket handshake method and version checks." icon="arrow-up" >}}
   {{< card link="normalization" title="Header Normalization" subtitle="Echo-based tests checking if servers normalize malformed header names (underscore, tab, casing)." icon="adjustments" >}}
+  {{< card link="capabilities" title="Capabilities" subtitle="Optional feature probes — conditional requests, ETag handling, caching behavior." icon="beaker" >}}
 {{< /cards >}}

docs/content/servers/watson.md

@@ -51,6 +51,11 @@ menu:
       parent: sequence-tests
       pageRef: /sequence-tests/smuggling
       weight: 1
+    - name: Capabilities
+      identifier: sequence-tests-capabilities
+      parent: sequence-tests
+      pageRef: /sequence-tests/capabilities
+      weight: 2
     - name: Glossary
       identifier: glossary
       pageRef: /docs

docs/hugo.yaml

@@ -520,8 +520,7 @@ window.ProbeRender = (function () {
     'Spring Boot': '/Http11Probe/servers/spring-boot/',
     'Tomcat': '/Http11Probe/servers/tomcat/',
     'Traefik': '/Http11Probe/servers/traefik/',
-    'Uvicorn': '/Http11Probe/servers/uvicorn/',
-    'Watson': '/Http11Probe/servers/watson/'
+    'Uvicorn': '/Http11Probe/servers/uvicorn/'
   };
   function serverUrl(name) { return SERVER_URLS[name] || ''; }