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Tim Duesterhus 721d686bd1 BUG/MEDIUM: compression: Set Vary: Accept-Encoding for compressed responses
Make HAProxy set the `Vary: Accept-Encoding` response header if it compressed
the server response.

Technically the `Vary` header SHOULD also be set for responses that would
normally be compressed based off the current configuration, but are not due
to a missing or invalid `Accept-Encoding` request header or due to the
maximum compression rate being exceeded.

Not setting the header in these cases does no real harm, though: An
uncompressed response might be returned by a Cache, even if a compressed
one could be retrieved from HAProxy. This increases the traffic to the end
user if the cache is unable to compress itself, but it saves another
roundtrip to HAProxy.

see the discussion on the mailing list: https://www.mail-archive.com/haproxy@formilux.org/msg34221.html
Message-ID: 20190617121708.GA2964@1wt.eu

A small issue remains: The User-Agent is not added to the `Vary` header,
despite being relevant to the response. Adding the User-Agent header would
make responses effectively uncacheable and it's unlikely to see a Mozilla/4
in the wild in 2019.

Add a reg-test to ensure the behaviour as described in this commit message.

see issue #121
Should be backported to all branches with compression (i.e. 1.6+).
2019-06-17 18:51:43 +02:00
.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE DOC: add github issue templates 2019-01-17 22:53:55 +01:00
contrib MEDIUM: Make '(cli|con|srv)timeout' directive fatal 2019-06-17 13:35:54 +02:00
doc MINOR: sample: Add sha2([<bits>]) converter 2019-06-17 13:36:42 +02:00
ebtree CLEANUP: fix typos in comments in ebtree 2018-11-18 22:23:15 +01:00
examples CLEANUP: removed obsolete examples an move a few to better places 2019-06-15 21:25:06 +02:00
include MEDIUM: server: server-state global file stored in a tree 2019-06-17 13:40:42 +02:00
reg-tests BUG/MEDIUM: compression: Set Vary: Accept-Encoding for compressed responses 2019-06-17 18:51:43 +02:00
scripts CLEANUP: removed obsolete examples an move a few to better places 2019-06-15 21:25:06 +02:00
src BUG/MEDIUM: compression: Set Vary: Accept-Encoding for compressed responses 2019-06-17 18:51:43 +02:00
tests CLEANUP: fix a misspell in tests/filltab25.c 2018-11-18 22:23:15 +01:00
.cirrus.yml BUILD: enable freebsd builds on cirrus-ci 2019-05-16 09:27:51 +02:00
.gitignore DOC: create a BRANCHES file to explain the life cycle 2019-06-15 22:00:14 +02:00
.travis.yml BUILD: travis-ci: TFO and GETADDRINFO are now enabled by default 2019-06-15 23:24:47 +02:00
BRANCHES DOC: create a BRANCHES file to explain the life cycle 2019-06-15 22:00:14 +02:00
CHANGELOG [RELEASE] Released version 2.1-dev0 2019-06-16 21:49:47 +02:00
CONTRIBUTING DOC: Fix typos in CONTRIBUTING 2019-06-15 21:25:06 +02:00
INSTALL DOC: this is a development branch again. 2019-06-17 13:35:23 +02:00
LICENSE LICENSE: add licence exception for OpenSSL 2012-09-07 13:52:26 +02:00
MAINTAINERS DOC: wurfl: added point of contact in MAINTAINERS file 2019-04-23 11:00:23 +02:00
Makefile BUILD: makefile: do not use echo -n 2019-06-16 19:26:18 +02:00
README DOC: create a BRANCHES file to explain the life cycle 2019-06-15 22:00:14 +02:00
ROADMAP DOC: update the outdated ROADMAP file 2019-06-15 21:59:54 +02:00
SUBVERS BUILD: use format tags in VERDATE and SUBVERS files 2013-12-10 11:22:49 +01:00
VERDATE [RELEASE] Released version 2.0.0 2019-06-16 20:00:26 +02:00
VERSION [RELEASE] Released version 2.1-dev0 2019-06-16 21:49:47 +02:00

The HAProxy documentation has been split into a number of different files for
ease of use.

Please refer to the following files depending on what you're looking for :

  - INSTALL for instructions on how to build and install HAProxy
  - BRANCHES to understand the project's life cycle and what version to use
  - LICENSE for the project's license
  - CONTRIBUTING for the process to follow to submit contributions

The more detailed documentation is located into the doc/ directory :

  - doc/intro.txt for a quick introduction on HAProxy
  - doc/configuration.txt for the configuration's reference manual
  - doc/lua.txt for the Lua's reference manual
  - doc/SPOE.txt for how to use the SPOE engine
  - doc/network-namespaces.txt for how to use network namespaces under Linux
  - doc/management.txt for the management guide
  - doc/regression-testing.txt for how to use the regression testing suite
  - doc/peers.txt for the peers protocol reference
  - doc/coding-style.txt for how to adopt HAProxy's coding style
  - doc/internals for developer-specific documentation (not all up to date)