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Randall Leeds commented on COUCHDB-1206:
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I verified that the ?include_docs=true endpoint changes its ETag when a
document is updated. It is of no importance whether or not the view with and
without docs included have the same ETag as they are different URLs. Thanks for
the concern, Marcello.
> View ETags may be incorrect if ?include_docs=true is specified
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>
> Key: COUCHDB-1206
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/COUCHDB-1206
> Project: CouchDB
> Issue Type: Bug
> Affects Versions: 1.1
> Reporter: Jens Alfke
> Assignee: Robert Newson
> Priority: Minor
> Fix For: 1.1.1, 1.2
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> Change COUCHDB-799 altered the way ETags are assigned to views, by having the
> ETag change only when the view index changes, not when any document changes.
> Unfortunately this means that a view with the "?include_docs=true" option can
> return an incorrect ETag. The reason is that if a document in the view is
> changed, but the change doesn't affect the view index, the result of the GET
> will change (it will contain the document's updated contents), but the ETag
> won't. This can result in stale data if the client uses a conditional GET,
> because it'll get a 304 even though the prior response is out of date.
> Robert Newson's analysis on the user@ list is "I think the sanest fix is to
> make view etags for include_docs=true use the original algorithm, so that
> they always change if the database changes."
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