[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #16888: WP HTTP Layer with Curl is only handling some but not all redirects.

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#16888: WP HTTP Layer with Curl is only handling some but not all redirects.
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 Reporter:  hakre         |      Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)  |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal        |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  General       |    Version:  3.1
 Severity:  normal        |   Keywords:  has-patch
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 That's violating the specs by namely processing 301 and 302 only:

    HTTP status codes are extensible. HTTP applications are not required
    to understand the meaning of all registered status codes, though such
    understanding is obviously desirable. However, applications MUST
    understand the class of any status code, as indicated by the first
    digit, and treat any unrecognized response as being equivalent to the
    x00 status code of that class, with the exception that an
    unrecognized response MUST NOT be cached.

 from: [http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2616#section-6.1.1 6.1.1 Status Code
 and Reason Phrase]


    For 3xx responses, the location SHOULD indicate the
    server's preferred URI for automatic redirection to the resource. The
    field value consists of a single absolute URI.

 from: [http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2616#section-14.30 14.30 Location]

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