Hi Guillaume, You are right! varnish is not adding any cache-control headers.
*Observations when trying to replicate the issue locally:* I was trying to replicate the issue using Local Machine by creating a Spring Boot Application that acts as API-1 and tried hitting API-2 that's on Server2. *Request Flow:* Local Machine ----> Server2 varnish --> Server2 Tomcat Point-1: When using* integrated tomcat (Tomcat 9) the spring-boot* issue was *not *replicable [*Just ran Application in intellij*] (meaning, the cache-control header is *not *being transmitted to Varnish of Server2) *Point-2:* When *Tomcat 9 was explicitly installed in my local machine* and built the* corresponding war of API-1 and used this to hit API-2* that's on Server2, *Now issue got replicated* (meaning, *cache-control: no-cache, pragma: no-cache is being transmitted to Varnish of Server2*) Any insights? Thanks & Regards Uday Kumar On Wed, Jun 28, 2023 at 8:32 PM Guillaume Quintard < guillaume.quint...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Uday, > > That one should be quick: Varnish doesn't add cache-control headers on its > own. > > So, from what I understand it can come from two places: > - either the VCL in varnish1 > - something in tomcat1 > > It should be very easy to check with varnishlog's. Essentially, run > "varnishlog -H request -q 'ReqHeader:uday'" on both varnish nodes and send > a curl request like "curl http://varnish1/some/request/not/in/cache.html > -H "uday: true" > > You should see the request going through both varnish and should be able > to pinpoint what created the header. Or at least identify whether it's a > varnish thing or not. > > Kind regards > > For a reminder on varnishlog: > https://docs.varnish-software.com/tutorials/vsl-query/ > > > On Wed, Jun 28, 2023, 06:28 Uday Kumar <uday.p...@indiamart.com> wrote: > >> Hello All, >> >> Our application operates on a dual-server setup, where each server is >> dedicated to running a distinct API. >> >> *Technical specifications:* >> Framework: Spring-boot v2.4 (Java 1.8) >> Runtime Environment: Tomcat >> Version: Apache Tomcat/7.0.42 >> Server1 runs API-1 and Server2 runs API-2. Both servers are equipped with >> an installed Varnish application. When either API is accessed, the request >> is processed through the Varnish instance associated with the respective >> server. >> >> *Issue Description:* >> In a typical scenario, a client (browser) sends a request to API-1, which >> is handled by the Varnish instance on Server1. After initial processing, >> API-1 makes a subsequent request to API-2 on Server2. >> >> The Request Flow is as follows: >> *Browser --> Varnish on Server1 --> Tomcat on Server1 --> Varnish on >> Server2 --> Tomcat on Server2* >> >> *Assuming, the request from Browser will be a miss at Server1 Varnish so >> that the request reaches Tomcat(Backend) on server1.* >> >> In cases where the browser *does not include any cache-control >> headers in the request* (e.g., no-cache, max-age=0), the Server1 Varnish >> instance correctly *does not receive any cache-control headers*. >> >> *However, when API-1 calls API-2, we observe that a cache-control: >> no-cache and p**ragma: no-cache headers are being transmitted to the >> Varnish instance on Server2*, despite the following conditions: >> >> 1. We are not explicitly sending any cache-control header in our >> application code during the call from API-1 to API-2. >> 2. Our application does not use the Spring-security dependency, which by >> default might add such a header. >> 3. The cache-control header is not being set by the Varnish instance on >> Server2. >> >> This unexpected behavior of receiving a cache-control header at Server2's >> Varnish instance when invoking API-2 from API-1 is the crux of our issue. >> >> We kindly request your assistance in understanding the cause of this >> unexpected behavior. Additionally, we would greatly appreciate any guidance >> on how to effectively prevent this issue from occurring in the future. >> >> Thanks & Regards >> Uday Kumar >> _______________________________________________ >> varnish-misc mailing list >> varnish-misc@varnish-cache.org >> https://www.varnish-cache.org/lists/mailman/listinfo/varnish-misc >> >
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