Bug 30278 - mod_disk_cache breakes Content-Type for .css files
Summary: mod_disk_cache breakes Content-Type for .css files
Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Alias: None
Product: Apache httpd-2
Classification: Unclassified
Component: mod_cache (show other bugs)
Version: 2.4.1
Hardware: Other Linux
: P3 major (vote)
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Apache HTTPD Bugs Mailing List
URL:
Keywords: PatchAvailable
: 29016 (view as bug list)
Depends on: 27791
Blocks:
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Reported: 2004-07-22 23:11 UTC by Igor Fedulov
Modified: 2013-03-19 23:01 UTC (History)
3 users (show)



Attachments
proposed solution patch to mod_disk_cache.c (1.42 KB, patch)
2004-08-04 20:49 UTC, Rüdiger Plüm
Details | Diff
Patch against 2.0.51 (1.38 KB, patch)
2004-09-28 12:26 UTC, Rüdiger Plüm
Details | Diff

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Description Igor Fedulov 2004-07-22 23:11:21 UTC
After .css file was cached with mod_disk_cache it is served with wrong content
type. Instead of "text/css" it's served with "text/plain; charset=UTF-8"

Configuration:
...
<IfModule mod_cache.c>
   <IfModule mod_disk_cache.c>
      CacheRoot "/tmp/abc_static_cache"
      CacheEnable disk /abc/images
      CacheEnable disk /abc/htmlarea
      CacheEnable disk /abc/scripts
      CacheEnable disk /abc/style
   </IfModule>
</IfModule>
...

"/abc" context is referse proxy forward to backend server using following two
directives:
...
ProxyPass /abc http://10.10.10.10:8080/abc
ProxyPassReverse /abc http://10.10.10.10:8080/abc
...

Here is the headers printout for very first request (right after clean apache
restart with purging of the caches folder):

[igor@hyperion tmp]$ wget -s https://1.2.3.4/abc/style/common.css ; head
common.css; rm -rf common.css
--18:04:39--  https://1.2.3.4/abc/style/common.css
           => `common.css'
Connecting to [1.2.3.4]:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 10,368 [text/css]
 
100%[==============================================================================================>]
10,368       105.47K/s    ETA 00:00
 
18:04:40 (105.47 KB/s) - `common.css' saved [10368/10368]
 
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2004 23:04:26 GMT
Server: Apache/2.0.50 (Fedora)
Content-Length: 10368
Last-Modified: Thu, 22 Jul 2004 16:50:00 GMT
Accept-Ranges: bytes
Content-Type: text/css
Vary: Accept-Encoding,User-Agent
Keep-Alive: timeout=30, max=100
Connection: Keep-Alive

Each subsequent request for the same URL returns following headers:

[igor@hyperion tmp]$ wget -s https://1.2.3.4/abc/style/common.css ; head
common.css; rm -rf common.css
--18:04:52--  https://1.2.3.4/abc/style/common.css
           => `common.css'
Connecting to [1.2.3.4]:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 10,368 [text/plain]
 
100%[==============================================================================================>]
10,368       117.73K/s    ETA 00:00
 
18:04:53 (117.73 KB/s) - `common.css' saved [10368/10368]
 
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2004 23:04:39 GMT
Server: Apache/2.0.50 (Fedora)
Accept-Ranges: bytes
Content-Length: 10368
Last-Modified: Thu, 22 Jul 2004 16:50:00 GMT
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
Age: 17
Keep-Alive: timeout=30, max=100
Connection: Keep-Alive
[igor@hyperion tmp]$


I can provide more information if needed, feel free to email me for more questions.
Comment 1 Paul Querna 2004-07-23 01:25:04 UTC
is utf8 your default charset type?
What is 'AddDefaultCharset' set to in your httpd.conf?
Comment 2 Igor Fedulov 2004-07-23 01:42:49 UTC
It's set to UTF-8, i.e. from httpd.conf:

AddDefaultCharset UTF-8
Comment 3 Rüdiger Plüm 2004-08-04 15:04:21 UTC
Does this only happen with css files or also with other files?
What is your setting for DefaultType ?
Is it unset or text/plain?

I had a similar problem with mod_jk and mod_cache / mod_disk_cache. I would
guess that they are related. See also
http://nagoya.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=30398.
Comment 4 Igor Fedulov 2004-08-04 15:36:09 UTC
Here are my answers:
1. DefaultType is set to "text/plain"
2. Images from cache also come out with "Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8"

Looks like what you are describing in your issue is exactly the same thing, I
wonder if I can try your patch to see if it will fix the problem.
Comment 5 Rüdiger Plüm 2004-08-04 20:48:50 UTC
No, you cannot use my patch as I patched mod_jk to solve my problem. You
need a patch for mod_disk_cache. But as I mentioned in 30398, I was not quite
sure if this problem is a bug in mod_jk or mod_cache / mod_disk_cache
(BTW: mod_mem_cache does not have this problem). After I read this report here
I am quite sure that it is a bug in mod_disk_cache and that it should be fixed
there.
mod_disk_cache.c already contains the needed code in write_headers, but
it is executed too late. So I just moved this piece of code and created an
appropriate patch for this which I will attach.

I removed my patch from my mod_jk and added my patch to mod_disk_cache and
my problem from 30398 remains silent. I hope that this patch will also solve
your problem. A short feedback on your experience with the patch would be much
appreciated.

BTW: If you have any problems with mod_cache storing Cookies unintentional, or
with other weird HTTP header caching behaviour you may find the following links
useful:

http://nagoya.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=30399
http://nagoya.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=30419
Comment 6 Rüdiger Plüm 2004-08-04 20:49:45 UTC
Created attachment 12339 [details]
proposed solution patch to mod_disk_cache.c
Comment 7 Igor Fedulov 2004-08-04 21:43:01 UTC
I've tested this patch and it works perfectly. After either image or .css file
is cached headers contain proper Content-Type thus allowing for proper display
in strict HTML validating browsers! Thanks!

Here is the output from the original wget commands:

1. First request for a resource:
16:36:57 (328.88 KB/s) - `common.css' saved [10440/10440]
 
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Date: Wed, 04 Aug 2004 21:36:56 GMT
Server: Apache/2.0.50 (Fedora)
Content-Length: 10440
Last-Modified: Fri, 23 Jul 2004 12:56:12 GMT
Accept-Ranges: bytes
Content-Type: text/css
Vary: Accept-Encoding,User-Agent
Keep-Alive: timeout=30, max=100
Connection: Keep-Alive

2. Next request for the same resource:
16:36:59 (463.42 KB/s) - `common.css' saved [10440/10440]
 
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Date: Wed, 04 Aug 2004 21:36:59 GMT
Server: Apache/2.0.50 (Fedora)
Accept-Ranges: bytes
Content-Length: 10440
Last-Modified: Fri, 23 Jul 2004 12:56:12 GMT
Content-Type: text/css
Age: 4
Keep-Alive: timeout=30, max=100
Connection: Keep-Alive
Comment 8 Rüdiger Plüm 2004-08-18 11:13:13 UTC
*** Bug 29016 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 9 Rüdiger Plüm 2004-09-28 12:26:16 UTC
Created attachment 12879 [details]
Patch against 2.0.51
Comment 10 Justin Erenkrantz 2004-09-28 17:42:49 UTC
A variant of the 'patch against 2.0.51' has been committed to HEAD as
modules/experimental/mod_disk_cache.c rev 1.63.

Thanks!
Comment 11 Graham Leggett 2004-10-13 16:38:41 UTC
Backported to v2.0.53.
Comment 12 Paul Beckett 2012-06-19 14:28:01 UTC
I think I'm seeing this same issue in Apache 2.4.2 on RHEL6.2. I am using Apache ModProxy to proxy to a tomcat, when this is unavailable, content should continue to be served using mod_cache_disk. I'm seeing the Content-Type and Charset change when served from the disk_cache - this doesn't seem to happen immediately, and I presume it's related to the content becoming stale. Header output below. Please let me know if there is any additional information I can provide that would help.
Thanks,
Paul

-----------------------
When tomcat available
-----------------------
Date	Tue, 19 Jun 2012 14:18:40 GMT
Age	6
Connection	Keep-Alive
Content-Length	339
Last-Modified	Mon, 18 Jun 2012 15:50:24 GMT
Server	Web Server
ETag	W/"339-1340034624000"
Content-Type	text/css;charset=utf-8
Accept-Ranges	bytes
Keep-Alive	timeout=3, max=99

-----------------------
When tomcat unavailable - from disk_cache
-----------------------
Date	Tue, 19 Jun 2012 08:48:53 GMT
Connection	close
Content-Length	339
Last-Modified	Mon, 18 Jun 2012 15:50:24 GMT
Server	Apache-Coyote/1.1
ETag	W/"339-1340034624000"
Warning	111 Revalidation failed
Content-Type	text/html; charset=iso-8859-1
Accept-Ranges	bytes