Bug 129541

Summary: Appcache fallback fail is cached
Product: WebKit Reporter: Mihai <themihai>
Component: WebCore Misc.Assignee: Nobody <webkit-unassigned>
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX    
Severity: Major CC: annevk, ap, dbates
Priority: P2    
Version: 528+ (Nightly build)   
Hardware: All   
OS: Unspecified   

Description Mihai 2014-03-01 02:17:43 PST
How to reproduce : 

1. Deploy  a webpage ( index.html)  on https://www.domain.com/ with the manifest file reference.

Config the manifest file as below ( manifest.appcache ): 

CACHE MANIFEST
# Time: Fri Feb 28 2014 11:00:57 GMT+0000 (GMT)

CACHE:
css/style.css

NETWORK:
*

FALLBACK:
/ /offline.html


Set the  webserver to redirect /offline.html to /#/offline.html

Result : You get a correct error :

 Application Cache update failed, because https://www.domain.epek.com/offline.html was redirected.

Next :
 1. Fix the webserver and handle /offline.html appropriately so that it won't redirect anymore.
 2. visit again the webpage 
Result : You still get the error "Application Cache update failed, because https://www.domain.epek.com/offline.html was redirected." which means that if for some reasons the webserver is malfunctioning and doesn't handle /offline.html file accordingly (e.g. issues a redirect) the clients are punished with a PERMANENT cache.
Comment 1 Anne van Kesteren 2022-10-27 08:58:48 PDT
AppCache is now disabled and will be removed in bug 219391.