Bug 132613 – URI doesn't get updated for cached 301 redirects

• Component: WebKit2
• Status: RESOLVED FIXED

Version: webkit2-gtk3.0 2.4.1

In webkit2, the "uri" property/the URI returned by webkit_web_view_get_uri() doesn't get updated after following a cached 301 redirect. When the request is made for the first time and is thus not cached, it gets updated correctly.

I can reproduce this with both Epiphany and my own code. Webkit1 doesn't exhibit this behaviour.

I've now further debugged this.

The WebKitWebView never gets a load-changed signal with WEBKIT_LOAD_REDIRECTED for cached redirects, as it would normally be triggered by WebFrameLoaderClient::dispatchDidReceiveServerRedirectForProvisionalLoad(), which is called by ResourceLoader::willSendRequest(), but the ResourceLoader is not active for cached requests.

I think to fix this, it'd be necessary to move the WebFrameLoaderClient::dispatchDidReceiveServerRedirectForProvisionalLoad() call to CachedRawResource or DocumentLoader. Does this make sense? I don't know the code very well, but if you agree with my analysis, I can try cooking up a patch.

Created attachment 231159 [details]
Bugfix

This patch fixes the problem for me, both in Epiphany and my own application.

Hi,
it's been more that a week since I reported this bug *and* provided a patch. Anyone looked at it yet?

It'd be really nice if I could a least get a reaction on my bug report, which is now over a month old.

Pinging again. Anyone willing to look at this bug report? It's been two months since I provided a patch...

I can't reproduce this bug with the current version (webkit2-gtk3 2.4.4) anymore, so I guess it's been fixed.