[HTTPCLIENT-1197] Redirects (301 responses) to other sites (not a different page on the same site) don't get followed.

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Duplicate
• Affects Version/s: 4.2 Final
• Fix Version/s: 4.2.1
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Alex Dupre
• Created: 30/May/12 09:25
• Updated: 05/Oct/13 19:41
• Resolved: 30/May/12 13:06

Description

If a server, during a simple GET, returns http status code 301 to redirect the client to another site, an exception is thrown instead of following the new location. This is a major regression, since in httpclient 4.1 it was working correctly.

=== BugTest.java ===

import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpGet;
import org.apache.http.impl.client.DefaultHttpClient;

public class BugTest {

public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception

{ DefaultHttpClient client = new DefaultHttpClient(); HttpGet method = new HttpGet("http://www.mvzt.gov.si/fileadmin/mvzt.gov.si/pageuploads/pdf/informacijska_druzba/SI_TL.xml"); client.execute(method); }

}

=== BugTest.java ===

% java BugTest
Exception in thread "main" org.apache.http.client.ClientProtocolException
at org.apache.http.impl.client.AbstractHttpClient.execute(AbstractHttpClient.java:909)
at org.apache.http.impl.client.AbstractHttpClient.execute(AbstractHttpClient.java:805)
at org.apache.http.impl.client.AbstractHttpClient.execute(AbstractHttpClient.java:784)
at BugTest.main(BugTest.java:9)
Caused by: org.apache.http.HttpException: Unable to establish route: planned = {}>http://www.arhiv.mvzt.gov.si; current = {}>http://www.mvzt.gov.si
at org.apache.http.impl.client.DefaultRequestDirector.establishRoute(DefaultRequestDirector.java:842)
at org.apache.http.impl.client.DefaultRequestDirector.tryConnect(DefaultRequestDirector.java:645)
at org.apache.http.impl.client.DefaultRequestDirector.execute(DefaultRequestDirector.java:480)
at org.apache.http.impl.client.AbstractHttpClient.execute(AbstractHttpClient.java:906)