https://bz.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=60362
--- Comment #58 from thorsten.me...@knime.com --- Even if this change doesn't break clients it will give a very bad impression to users. For example if you use Java to issue HTTP request and and error was returned by the server, the exception message reads "Server returned error 404: Not Found" (or similar). Even for uses not knowing the HTTP status code the "Not Found" is descriptive. Therefore I guess many Java applications displays the exception message as is. With Tomcat 8.5 the exception message is "Server returned error 404: null". Normal users don't have clue any more what's going on and even for programmers this more looks like a NullPointerException somewhere deep in the code. In order to restore a good user experience you now have to interpret the exception messages and create new ones for every possible status code. Therefore my question is: why on earth has the reason phrase been removed in the first place? In order to save a few bytes of traffic? -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@tomcat.apache.org
