On 12/3/10 5:53 PM, Konstantin Preißer wrote: > On 12/03/10 18:05 PM, Pid wrote: >> So, if you can consistently repeat this, can you also confirm >> that changing the date of the static error page prevents the >> 304 from being sent on a subsequent request? > > Hello, > > when I change the date of the static error page so that it is newer than the > one which is sent in the "If-Modified-Since" header, then on subsequent > requests Tomcat returns correctly "404 Not Found", not "304 Not Modified" > anymore (however it returns a "Last-Modified" header with the new date of > that static error file). > > If I then do a GET request again, but with a date which again is newer than > the one of the static error file, then Tomcat returns 304 again.
A lively debate will no doubt follow, if the HTTP and Servlet specs differ, but I don't believe a modification type header is appropriate for a 404. So that, I suspect, is a bug. You can add it to bugzilla unless this email is followed by people pointing out that I'm completely wrong. p
0x62590808.asc
Description: application/pgp-keys
signature.asc
Description: OpenPGP digital signature
