[undertow-dev] problem with root url redirects

[Bill Burke]

I'm pretty sure the 302 happens prior to any auth code being called if 
you hit the root context of the WAR without a trailing '/'.  This is 
something Stuart and I talked about before.


On 3/4/2015 11:13 AM, Jason Greene wrote:
> Hmm not sure why. A quick search shows we send a 302 as part of the form auth process, but I assume this isn’t form auth?
>
> Could it be servlet code calling sendRedirect()? That is required to send a 302.
>
>> On Mar 4, 2015, at 9:21 AM, Bill Burke <bburke at redhat.com> wrote:
>>
>> Looking at Wildfly 8.2.0,
>>
>> 1. I'm sending a POST  to  /app
>> 2. Wildfly redirects to /app/ via a 302
>> 3. Browser does a GET /app/
>>
>> Form data is lost.
>>
>> Why does Wildfly do a redirect?  This has caused me a lot of problems
>> for our SAML adapter as users have to remember to put a trailing '/' in
>> their registration URLs.
>>
>> If you insist on doing a redirect, why not send a 307 instead if it is a
>> non-GET request?
>>
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