Open Bug 1221461 Opened 10 years ago Updated 3 years ago

use compression content coding in HTML-form driven POST requests when applicable

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(Core :: Networking: HTTP, enhancement, P3)

enhancement

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(Reporter: julian.reschke, Unassigned)

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(Whiteboard: [necko-backlog])

RFC 7694 now defines a mechanism through which an HTTP client can discover that the origin server supports content codings (such as "gzip") in requests. Firefox could leverage that in POST requests with large request bodies (such as when attaching a file from an HTML form). For instance, it could remember a previously seen "Accept-Encoding: gzip" response and use compression when the user uses the same form again. (WRT to lurking chicken-and-egg problem: maybe Bugzilla itself should implement the server part of this)
Component: Networking → Networking: HTTP
Whiteboard: [necko-backlog]
Priority: -- → P1
Priority: P1 → P3
Severity: normal → S3
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