[CXF-8261] Exceptions being thrown in a ClientResponseFilter are ignored

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 3.3.6, 3.2.13
• Fix Version/s: 3.2.14, 3.3.7, 3.4.0
• Component/s: JAX-RS
• Estimated Complexity: Unknown
• Assignee: Andriy Redko
• Reporter: Matthias
• Created: 17/Apr/20 11:31
• Updated: 22/Dec/21 20:43
• Resolved: 29/Apr/20 00:39

Description

Hi,

I have a rest client that follows the JAX-RS specification and that is used with different implementations like Jersey, RestEasy and Apache CXF. The rest server sometimes throws a "404 Not Found" with a json body if something goes wrong. I am processing that response in a ClientResponseFilter and throwing a custom exception, but Apache CXF somehow ignores that exception and throws a NotFoundException instead. All other JAX-RS implementations (jersey, resteasy) are wrapping my exception in a ResponseProcessingException, so that I can properly access that error.

My expectation is that Apache CXF behaves like other implementations. I am not even able to access the json body when I get an error status code. The CXF client seems to completely suppress the response body.

You can check that issue in this repository: https://github.com/prof-schnitzel/cxf-rest-sample

Issue Links

• is related to: CXF-8271 The async JAX-RS client never completes the response in case of an exception during the interceptor chain processing.
• links to: GitHub Pull Request #662