[arch-devops] Caching problem with http://www.archlinux.org/check_network_status.txt

[Bartłomiej Piotrowski]

On 2017-07-21 01:46, Daniel Aleksandersen wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Just wanted to report a Arch Linux infrastrucutre problem, and hope
> this was the right spot.
> 
> The NetworkManager test probe page, located at http://www.archlinux.org
> /check_network_status.txt, should be made cache-aware. Currently, users
> are testing the connection to their web accelerator or intermediary
> proxy cache and not their internet connection as expected.
> 
> Please add a `Cache-Control: max-age=0, must-revalidate` HTTP response
> header to this page to resolve this problem.
> 
> I wrote a blog post earlier this week about the problem, but had some
> problem finding the appropriate place to report this to Arch.
> https://ctrl.blog/entry/network-connection-http-checks
> 

Thanks Daniel, I've just added the headers you mentioned and deployed
changes to the infra.

B