[CXF-8154] No "Reason Phrase" Sent with HTTP Responses

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Information Provided
• Affects Version/s: 3.3.4
• Component/s: JAX-RS

Environment

Apache Tomcat 8.5, OpenJDK 1.8

• Estimated Complexity: Unknown
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Mike Kelly
• Created: 12/Nov/19 18:31
• Updated: 18/Sep/23 18:51
• Resolved: 14/Nov/19 00:43

Description

When I throw, for example, a javax.ws.rs.NotFoundException, my expectation is that the response would start with a Status Line like:

HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found

However, I just get a response like:

HTTP/1.1 404

This seems to be true both if I provide a message when I construct the exception, or if I use the no argument constructor.

This is similarly true for any exceptions triggered internally by CXF, for example if I make a request with an unsupported method. The stack trace in my logs shows a javax.ws.rs.ClientErrorException: HTTP 406 Not Acceptable, but the response just shows HTTP/1.1 406.

My expectation is that either the appropriate default "reason phrase", or the message I provided to my constructed exception, would be returned to the caller?

My reading of RFC 2616 is that such a reason phrase is not optional: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2616#section-6.1