Closed Bug 284738 Opened 19 years ago Closed 19 years ago

Firefox sends additional GET for a POST

Categories

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Product:
Firefox
Component:
General
Platform:
x86
Windows XP
Type:
defect
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
major

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Status:
RESOLVED INVALID

People

(Reporter: kutzi, Assigned: bugzilla)

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38.64 KB, application/octet-stream
Details 
User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.5) Gecko/20041107 Firefox/1.0
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.5) Gecko/20041107 Firefox/1.0

Firefox and Jakarta Tomcat 5.0.28/5.5.7:
On a specific page, if I click a submit-button "Weiter", Firefox will send a GET
request additional to a POST request to Tomcat. 

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Go to http://www.hamburg.de/info/1,3004,meine_produkte,00.html
2. Select "Jetzt anmelden" from "Basis Mail"
3. Enter some random text in the 2 input fields, click "Weiter"
4. On the next page "Zugangsdaten" again enter some random text in the input
fields and click "Weiter".


Actual Results:  
Firefox sends a POST request with the correct form data, but additional a GET
request (of course without any form data).
This causes our webapplication to forward to a page (which isn't seen in the
browser) where all session data is cleared. Therefore the header "Basis Mail"
directly above "Zugangsdaten" will show "null" then.
I have no clue in which way this page is different from the other pages
(especially the page before).

NOTE: I will change the behaviout to clear the session in the near future.
Therefore this direct effect will not be visible anymore.

Expected Results:  
Firefox should only send a POST request

I have observed this behaviour with Tomcat 1.0 and 1.01. Internet Explorer 6.0
works fine.
I was able to reproduce the error on a development machine. This is the output
from the Tomcat Requestdumper Valve for the erroneous page. The first request is
the correct POST, the second is unimportant (a counter pixel which is missing on
the devel box) and the 3rd is the GET-request

2005-03-03,17:59:57,INFO,===============================================================
2005-03-03,18:00:08,INFO,REQUEST URI       =/meinbereich/anmeldung/neu_anmelden.html
2005-03-03,18:00:08,INFO,          authType=null
2005-03-03,18:00:08,INFO, characterEncoding=null
2005-03-03,18:00:08,INFO,     contentLength=74
2005-03-03,18:00:08,INFO,       contentType=application/x-www-form-urlencoded
2005-03-03,18:00:08,INFO,       contextPath=/meinbereich
2005-03-03,18:00:08,INFO,            header=host=localhost:6080
2005-03-03,18:00:08,INFO,            header=user-agent=Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U;
Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.6) Gecko/20050223 Firefox/1.0.1
2005-03-03,18:00:08,INFO,           
header=accept=text/xml,application/xml,application/xhtml+xml,text/html;q=0.9,text/plain;q=0.8,image/png,*/*;q=0.5
2005-03-03,18:00:08,INFO,            header=accept-language=de,en-us;q=0.7,en;q=0.3
2005-03-03,18:00:08,INFO,            header=accept-encoding=gzip,deflate
2005-03-03,18:00:08,INFO,            header=accept-charset=UTF-8,*
2005-03-03,18:00:08,INFO,            header=keep-alive=300
2005-03-03,18:00:08,INFO,            header=connection=keep-alive
2005-03-03,18:00:08,INFO,           
header=referer=http://localhost:6080/meinbereich/anmeldung/neu_anmelden.html;jsessionid=DD2108E894A86053C4F82097C14DE16D?product=bmail&page=0
2005-03-03,18:00:08,INFO,           
header=content-type=application/x-www-form-urlencoded
2005-03-03,18:00:08,INFO,            header=content-length=74
2005-03-03,18:00:08,INFO,            locale=de
2005-03-03,18:00:08,INFO,            method=POST
2005-03-03,18:00:08,INFO,         parameter=emailLocal2=fgdhfdhfd
2005-03-03,18:00:08,INFO,         parameter=next=Weiter
2005-03-03,18:00:08,INFO,         parameter=emailSeparator=.
2005-03-03,18:00:08,INFO,         parameter=page=3
2005-03-03,18:00:08,INFO,         parameter=emailLocal=dgfdh
2005-03-03,18:00:08,INFO,          pathInfo=null
2005-03-03,18:00:08,INFO,          protocol=HTTP/1.1
2005-03-03,18:00:08,INFO,       queryString=null
2005-03-03,18:00:08,INFO,        remoteAddr=127.0.0.1
2005-03-03,18:00:08,INFO,        remoteHost=127.0.0.1
2005-03-03,18:00:08,INFO,        remoteUser=null
2005-03-03,18:00:08,INFO,requestedSessionId=DD2108E894A86053C4F82097C14DE16D
2005-03-03,18:00:08,INFO,            scheme=http
2005-03-03,18:00:08,INFO,        serverName=localhost
2005-03-03,18:00:08,INFO,        serverPort=6080
2005-03-03,18:00:08,INFO,       servletPath=/anmeldung/neu_anmelden.html
2005-03-03,18:00:08,INFO,          isSecure=false
2005-03-03,18:00:08,INFO,---------------------------------------------------------------
2005-03-03,18:00:09,INFO,---------------------------------------------------------------
2005-03-03,18:00:09,INFO,          authType=null
2005-03-03,18:00:09,INFO,     contentLength=-1
2005-03-03,18:00:09,INFO,       contentType=text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1
2005-03-03,18:00:09,INFO,           
header=Content-Type=text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1
2005-03-03,18:00:09,INFO,            header=Transfer-Encoding=chunked
2005-03-03,18:00:09,INFO,            header=Content-Encoding=gzip
2005-03-03,18:00:09,INFO,            header=Vary=Accept-Encoding
2005-03-03,18:00:09,INFO,            header=Date=Thu, 03 Mar 2005 17:00:09 GMT
2005-03-03,18:00:09,INFO,           message=null
2005-03-03,18:00:09,INFO,        remoteUser=null
2005-03-03,18:00:09,INFO,            status=200
2005-03-03,18:00:09,INFO,===============================================================
2005-03-03,18:00:09,INFO,REQUEST URI       =/zaehl/no.php
2005-03-03,18:00:09,INFO,          authType=null
2005-03-03,18:00:09,INFO, characterEncoding=null
2005-03-03,18:00:09,INFO,     contentLength=-1
2005-03-03,18:00:09,INFO,       contentType=null
2005-03-03,18:00:09,INFO,       contextPath=
2005-03-03,18:00:09,INFO,            header=host=localhost:6080
2005-03-03,18:00:09,INFO,            header=user-agent=Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U;
Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.6) Gecko/20050223 Firefox/1.0.1
2005-03-03,18:00:09,INFO,            header=accept=image/png,*/*;q=0.5
2005-03-03,18:00:09,INFO,            header=accept-language=de,en-us;q=0.7,en;q=0.3
2005-03-03,18:00:09,INFO,            header=accept-encoding=gzip,deflate
2005-03-03,18:00:09,INFO,            header=accept-charset=UTF-8,*
2005-03-03,18:00:09,INFO,            header=keep-alive=300
2005-03-03,18:00:09,INFO,            header=connection=keep-alive
2005-03-03,18:00:09,INFO,           
header=referer=http://localhost:6080/meinbereich/anmeldung/neu_anmelden.html;jsessionid=DD2108E894A86053C4F82097C14DE16D
2005-03-03,18:00:09,INFO,            locale=de
2005-03-03,18:00:09,INFO,            method=GET
2005-03-03,18:00:09,INFO,        
parameter=r=http://localhost:6080/meinbereich/anmeldung/neu_anmelden.html;jsessionid=DD2108E894A86053C4F82097C14DE16D?product=bmail&page=0
2005-03-03,18:00:09,INFO,         parameter=fli=1
2005-03-03,18:00:09,INFO,        
parameter=p=http://localhost:6080/meinbereich/anmeldung/neu_anmelden.html;jsessionid=DD2108E894A86053C4F82097C14DE16D
2005-03-03,18:00:09,INFO,         parameter=java=1
2005-03-03,18:00:09,INFO,         parameter=scz=32
2005-03-03,18:00:09,INFO,         parameter=scy=1024
2005-03-03,18:00:09,INFO,         parameter=scx=1280
2005-03-03,18:00:09,INFO,         parameter=art=sec
2005-03-03,18:00:09,INFO,         parameter=pos=top
2005-03-03,18:00:09,INFO,          pathInfo=null
2005-03-03,18:00:09,INFO,          protocol=HTTP/1.1
2005-03-03,18:00:09,INFO,      
queryString=art=sec&pos=top&scx=1280&scy=1024&scz=32&java=1&fli=1&r=http%3A//localhost%3A6080/meinbereich/anmeldung/neu_anmelden.html%3Bjsessionid%3DDD2108E894A86053C4F82097C14DE16D%3Fproduct%3Dbmail%26page%3D0&p=http%3A//localhost%3A6080/meinbereich/anmeldung/neu_anmelden.html%3Bjsessionid%3DDD2108E894A86053C4F82097C14DE16D
2005-03-03,18:00:09,INFO,        remoteAddr=127.0.0.1
2005-03-03,18:00:09,INFO,        remoteHost=127.0.0.1
2005-03-03,18:00:09,INFO,        remoteUser=null
2005-03-03,18:00:09,INFO,requestedSessionId=null
2005-03-03,18:00:09,INFO,            scheme=http
2005-03-03,18:00:09,INFO,        serverName=localhost
2005-03-03,18:00:09,INFO,        serverPort=6080
2005-03-03,18:00:09,INFO,       servletPath=/zaehl/no.php
2005-03-03,18:00:09,INFO,          isSecure=false
2005-03-03,18:00:09,INFO,---------------------------------------------------------------
2005-03-03,18:00:09,INFO,---------------------------------------------------------------
2005-03-03,18:00:09,INFO,          authType=null
2005-03-03,18:00:09,INFO,     contentLength=-1
2005-03-03,18:00:09,INFO,       contentType=text/html;charset=utf-8
2005-03-03,18:00:09,INFO,           message=/zaehl/no.php
2005-03-03,18:00:09,INFO,        remoteUser=null
2005-03-03,18:00:09,INFO,            status=404
2005-03-03,18:00:09,INFO,===============================================================
2005-03-03,18:00:09,INFO,REQUEST URI       =/meinbereich/anmeldung/neu_anmelden.html
2005-03-03,18:00:09,INFO,          authType=null
2005-03-03,18:00:09,INFO, characterEncoding=null
2005-03-03,18:00:09,INFO,     contentLength=-1
2005-03-03,18:00:09,INFO,       contentType=null
2005-03-03,18:00:09,INFO,       contextPath=/meinbereich
2005-03-03,18:00:09,INFO,            header=host=localhost:6080
2005-03-03,18:00:09,INFO,            header=user-agent=Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U;
Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.6) Gecko/20050223 Firefox/1.0.1
2005-03-03,18:00:09,INFO,           
header=accept=text/xml,application/xml,application/xhtml+xml,text/html;q=0.9,text/plain;q=0.8,image/png,*/*;q=0.5
2005-03-03,18:00:09,INFO,            header=accept-language=de,en-us;q=0.7,en;q=0.3
2005-03-03,18:00:09,INFO,            header=accept-encoding=gzip,deflate
2005-03-03,18:00:09,INFO,            header=accept-charset=UTF-8,*
2005-03-03,18:00:09,INFO,            header=keep-alive=300
2005-03-03,18:00:09,INFO,            header=connection=keep-alive
2005-03-03,18:00:09,INFO,            locale=de
2005-03-03,18:00:09,INFO,            method=GET
2005-03-03,18:00:09,INFO,          pathInfo=null
2005-03-03,18:00:09,INFO,          protocol=HTTP/1.1
2005-03-03,18:00:09,INFO,       queryString=null
2005-03-03,18:00:09,INFO,        remoteAddr=127.0.0.1
2005-03-03,18:00:09,INFO,        remoteHost=127.0.0.1
2005-03-03,18:00:09,INFO,        remoteUser=null
2005-03-03,18:00:09,INFO,requestedSessionId=DD2108E894A86053C4F82097C14DE16D
2005-03-03,18:00:09,INFO,            scheme=http
2005-03-03,18:00:09,INFO,        serverName=localhost
2005-03-03,18:00:09,INFO,        serverPort=6080
2005-03-03,18:00:09,INFO,       servletPath=/anmeldung/neu_anmelden.html
2005-03-03,18:00:09,INFO,          isSecure=false
2005-03-03,18:00:09,INFO,---------------------------------------------------------------
2005-03-03,18:00:09,INFO,---------------------------------------------------------------
2005-03-03,18:00:09,INFO,          authType=null
2005-03-03,18:00:09,INFO,     contentLength=-1
2005-03-03,18:00:09,INFO,       contentType=text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1
2005-03-03,18:00:09,INFO,           
header=Content-Type=text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1
2005-03-03,18:00:09,INFO,            header=Transfer-Encoding=chunked
2005-03-03,18:00:09,INFO,            header=Content-Encoding=gzip
2005-03-03,18:00:09,INFO,            header=Vary=Accept-Encoding
2005-03-03,18:00:09,INFO,            header=Date=Thu, 03 Mar 2005 17:00:09 GMT
2005-03-03,18:00:09,INFO,           message=null
2005-03-03,18:00:09,INFO,        remoteUser=null
2005-03-03,18:00:09,INFO,            status=200
You might want to create a matching http log by following the instructions 
at http://www.mozilla.org/projects/netlib/http/http-debugging.html .

Also, you may eb asked to reproduce the problem on a later build: If there
is a defect in Firefox causing this problem then it might have been fixed
in the interim.
(In reply to comment #1)
I created a http log but Bugzilla won't let me attach it.
It says that the attachment is to big since it has 541 kB.

(In reply to comment #0)
 
> I have observed this behaviour with Tomcat 1.0 and 1.01. Internet Explorer 6.0
> works fine.

I meant Firefox 1.0 and 1.01, of course.
Attached file HTTP log — 
zipped HTTP log
I think I see a POST followed by a GET followed by a POST.

Also I think that the URL given no longer has the problem.

Could there be anything in the page that causes a refresh?
Do you have a simpler/shorter testcase? Do you think that
there is a bug in Firefox?
(In reply to comment #5)
> I think I see a POST followed by a GET followed by a POST.

Yes, I think the Tomcat log I posted was wrong - I took the part with the POST
request for the page before. It looks like the additional GET ist send before
the POST and not afterwards as I indicated.

> Also I think that the URL given no longer has the problem.

I have changed nothing on the page. I tested it last week with my pc and on the
pc of a co-worker. Both of them showed the problem. Yesterday I tested it on my
home pc (same setup: Win XP, Firefox 1.01) and it didn't show the problem. Today
I retested it on my office pc and it still shows the problem. Could some firefox
extensions cause such problems?

> Could there be anything in the page that causes a refresh?
I couldn't imagine what this should be. We have some Javascript on it and send
some no-cache headers. But these are on the other pages as well.

> Do you have a simpler/shorter testcase?
No, unfortunately not.

> Do you think that
> there is a bug in Firefox?
Well, at least I thought so. Now that my pc at home didn't show the problem, I'm
 not sure anymore.


(In reply to comment #6)
> I retested it on my office pc and it still shows the problem. Could some firefox
> extensions cause such problems?

I answered the question myself. I and my co-worker had the HTML Validator
extension (http://users.skynet.be/mgueury/mozilla/) installed which caused the
problem. Funny: apparently the HTML Validator developer discovered this bug,
too. On saturday he released a new version that fixed the problem.

Not a firefox bug.
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 19 years ago
Resolution: --- → INVALID
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