527651 - Page loaded after Location redirection but still requires confirmation after refresh

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[Jakub Vrána]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; cs; rv:1.9.0.15) Gecko/2009101601 Firefox/3.0.15 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; cs; rv:1.9.0.15) Gecko/2009101601 Firefox/3.0.15 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)

Redirecting a user after POST to some other URL by 302 HTTP status with Location header is common scenario (called GET after POST).

A browser shouldn't require confirmation of refresh of the GET page but Firefox in some circumstances requires it.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Send the POST form which doesn't redirect (for example because there was some error).
2. Refresh the page - Firefox requires confirmation of repost which is OK.
3. The page now redirects (for example because the error was fixed).
4. Refresh the target page acquired by GET - Firefox requires confirmation even if no data was posted. This is the bug.
Actual Results:  
Firefox requires confirmation.

Expected Results:  
No confirmation should be required.

Comment 1

[Tyler Downer [He/Him]]

Reporter, please retest with Firefox 3.6.12 or later in a fresh profile (http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Managing+profiles). Also update your plugins (flash, adobe reader, java, quicktime, silverlight, etc.) Go to the developer's website and download the latest version from there. If you no longer see this issue, please close this bug as RESOLVED, WORKSFORME. If you do see the bug, please post a comment.

Comment 2

[Jakub Vrána]

Works fine in Firefox 4 Beta 7.