PQ57689: HEAD HTTP REQUEST FOR AN HTML OR JAR FILE RTNS 500 ERROR | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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APAR status Closed as program error. Error description If HTML or JAR file served by WAS, it returns a 500 error from header requestLocal fix Problem summary **************************************************************** * USERS AFFECTED: WebSphere Application Server version 4.0.0, * * 4.0.1, and 4.0.2 users who use the * * webserver plugins with HEAD requests. * **************************************************************** * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: HEAD requests made to the webserver * * with the plugin for application server * * resources would result in an error 500 * * response. * **************************************************************** * RECOMMENDATION: * **************************************************************** The plugin would attempt to read the response body from the app server on HEAD requests. HEAD requests do not contain a body and the read would fail. As a result, the plugin would return error 500 to the webserver.Problem conclusion Modify the plugin so that on HEAD requests no attempts are made to read the response body.Temporary fix Comments
APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following: APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following: Modules/Macros
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Document Information |
Product categories: Software > Application Servers >
Distributed Application & Web Servers > WebSphere Application
Server > General
Operating system(s):
Software version: 400
Software edition:
Reference #: PQ57689
IBM Group: Software Group
Modified date: Feb 20, 2002
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