envoyproxy/envoy

CacheFilter: Serve HEAD requests from cache

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#10,020 opened on Feb 12, 2020

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Description

CacheFilter currently only does cache lookups for GET requests. HEAD requests can also be served from cache. It's not that valuable, but it's also mostly trivial.

We could also insert HEAD responses into cache, but it's probably not worth it.

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Modify CacheFilter to perform cache lookup for HEAD requests similarly to GET. Ensure that the response headers and status are appropriate for HEAD. No need to insert HEAD responses into cache.
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ccpp
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backendapi
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Feature
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1
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Under 1 hour
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Fresh
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Clear
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HTTPC++
Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.
90