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Leif Hedstrom commented on TS-4829:
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[~mlibbey] Do we still want this? At at minimum, we'd need this to be a
configuration option I think?
> Via: header string should not be cached
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>
> Key: TS-4829
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/TS-4829
> Project: Traffic Server
> Issue Type: Bug
> Reporter: Miles Libbey
> Fix For: sometime
>
>
> We use a cache hierarchy. In theory the Via: string shows the path the
> request took through proxies, and with
> proxy.config.http.insert_response_via_str set to 3, a lot of info is
> presented -- cache hit, etc. (The Via header is described in
> https://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec14.html#sec14.45)
> However, the string is cached, so it doesn't accurately reflect the path that
> *this* request took. Instead, it shows the path of the original request.
> For instance, imagine 2 servers, conveniently named child.example.com and
> parent.example.com, which also represents their roles in the cache hierarchy.
> The object is cacheable for a long time.
> The first request for the object might look like:
> Via: http/1.1 parent.example.com (ApacheTrafficServer/6.2.1 [uScMsSfWpSeN:t
> cCMi p sS]), http/1.1 child.example.com (ApacheTrafficServer/6.2.1 [uScMsSf
> pSeN:t cCMi pSs ])
> (with the cM meaning cache miss). The second request, a cache hit that just
> goes through child.example.com might show:
> Via: http/1.1 parent.example.com (ApacheTrafficServer/6.2.1 [uScMsSfWpSeN:t
> cCMi p sS]), http/1.1 child.example.com (ApacheTrafficServer/6.2.1[uScHs f p
> eN:t cCHi p s ])
> eg, cache Hit for child, but cache Miss for parent -- even though the parent
> wasn't involved in the request, and, if it were, it would be a Hit. The
> parent portion was cached by child.example.com.
> The expected behavior is that the 2nd request would yield:
> Via: http/1.1 child.example.com (ApacheTrafficServer/6.2.1[uScHs f p eN:t
> cCHi p s ])
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