[TYPO3-dev] Problem with core function addTempContentHttpHeaders and IE

Dmitry Dulepov typo3 at accio.lv
Fri May 5 12:39:39 CEST 2006


Hi!

Simon Tuck wrote:
> The problem is IE chokes on the 503 Service unavailable header, in our
> case we are delivering dynamic content to a pdf.

This problem is fixed in CVS. Version 4.0.1 should have fix in.

> If we bypass the
> function addTempContentHttpHeaders the server sends 200 and IE waits.
> Clearly this is a problem with IE as it should wait awhile, although
> 3600 seems a long time to wait (are these seconds or milliseconds).

It is mean for search engines, not for MSIE or any other browser.
Browser does not retry by itself. This is for web spiders.

> I
> assume this function has something to do with the 'page is being
> generated' message (???), but I wonder if it's really necessary, seeing
> as it has the potential to stop IE.

It is necessary. It (1) prevents search engines from bombing your site
with requests when site cannot handle it and (2) hints search engines to
come back to the site when load goes away (hopefully after 1 hour).

Dmitry.
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