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  2. UNDERTOW-2019

Content-Length response header for HEAD requests wrong when using BlockingHandler

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      Undertow undertow = Undertow.builder()
        .setHandler(new BlockingHandler(e -> {
            if (e.getRequestMethod().equals(Methods.HEAD)) {
                e.setResponseContentLength(123);
                e.setStatusCode(StatusCodes.OK);
            }
        }))
        .addHttpListener(8000, "localhost")
        .build();
undertow.start();

      If you then curl the server with a HEAD request, the response shows content length 0 instead of 123.

      $ curl --head http://localhost:8000/
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Connection: keep-alive
Content-Length: 0
Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2022 00:37:26 GMT

      The exact same code but without the BlockingHandler correctly results in Content-Length: 123 being sent to the client.

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      Undertow undertow = Undertow.builder() .setHandler( new BlockingHandler(e -> { if (e.getRequestMethod().equals(Methods.HEAD)) { e.setResponseContentLength(123); e.setStatusCode(StatusCodes.OK); } })) .addHttpListener(8000, "localhost" ) .build(); undertow.start(); If you then curl the server with a HEAD request, the response shows content length 0 instead of 123. $ curl --head http: //localhost:8000/ HTTP/1.1 200 OK Connection: keep-alive Content-Length: 0 Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2022 00:37:26 GMT The exact same code but without the BlockingHandler correctly results in Content-Length: 123 being sent to the client.

      If you use the BlockingHandler and then try to set a custom content length for the response to a HEAD request, the value is overwritten and a Content-Length of 0 is returned to the client instead of the explicitly set content length.

       

              flaviarnn Flavia Rainone
              sberler Steven Berler (Inactive)
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