JDK-8203882 : HttpClient throws IOException when receiving 401/407 with no WWW-Authenticate/Proxy-Authenticate header
  • Type: Bug
  • Component: core-libs
  • Sub-Component: java.net
  • Affected Version: 10,11
  • Priority: P3
  • Status: Resolved
  • Resolution: Fixed
  • Submitted: 2018-05-28
  • Updated: 2018-05-31
  • Resolved: 2018-05-31
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JDK-8194729 - Java 9's HttpClient doesn't allow custom "Authorization" headers
Description
This exception is not very helpful, and probably should not be thrown in the case where the authentication is handled by user code.
Comments
Fixed in sandbox, http-client-branch Changeset: 54e7acad0058 Author: dfuchs Date: 2018-05-31 17:13 +0100 URL: http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk/sandbox/rev/54e7acad0058 http-client-branch: HttpClient throws IOException when receiving 401/407 with no WWW-Authenticate/Proxy-Authenticate header 8203882: HttpClient throws IOException when receiving 401/407 with no WWW-Authenticate/Proxy-Authenticate header Reviewed-by: chegar
31-05-2018