73557 - http cache should ignore fragment when matching entries

Status: VERIFIED FIXED

(Core :: Networking: HTTP, defect)

Description

[Bradley Baetz]

The key used for the cache entries should ignore the uri fragment. From
about:cache :

           Key: http://lxr.mozilla.org/seamonkey/source/Makefile.in#1
        Client: HTTP
     Data size: 16931 Bytes
   Fetch count: 2
  Last Fetched: Tue 27 Mar 2001 01:46:52 AM EST
 Last Modified: Tue 27 Mar 2001 01:47:19 AM EST
       Expires: Tue 27 Mar 2001 07:17:38 PM EST
  Stream based: TRUE

           Key: http://lxr.mozilla.org/seamonkey/source/Makefile.in#4
        Client: HTTP
     Data size: 16931 Bytes
   Fetch count: 1
  Last Fetched: Tue 27 Mar 2001 01:47:29 AM EST
 Last Modified: Tue 27 Mar 2001 01:47:31 AM EST
       Expires: Tue 27 Mar 2001 07:18:19 PM EST
  Stream based: TRUE

In order to get this, you have to:

Type in one url.
Go to another page.
Type in another url differring only in the fragment.

According to the flashing lights on my ADSL modem, this results in two separate
network requests. This also occurs if one of the urls has a fragment and the
other one does not.

I presume something optimises the case where the current page differs only from
the requested page in the fragment, as if you just type in the urls one after
the other, you don't get multiple cache entries, there is no network request,
and neither cache entry increase its fetch count.

Comment 1

[Darin Fisher]

this has been fixed.

Comment 2

[John Unruh]

Verified on Win2000.