Re: [CORS] HTTP error codes in preflight response

On 21.09.2010 02:05, Jonas Sicking wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> CORS was recently clarified to say that error responses, such as
> 4xx/5xx responses, should not abort the various algorithms but instead
> such a response should be forwarded to, for example, the
> XMLHttpRequest implementation.
>
> However it seems somewhat strange to me to do this with responses to
> the preflight OPTIONS request. If a OPTIONS request results in a 404,
> then it seems to me that the request can not be considered successful,
> and that access to place the "real" request should not be granted.
> Otherwise we are essentially ignoring the status code and not exposing
> it anywhere, which seems strange.

I just stumbled upon 
<https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=597301>, which is about a 
server that 401s the OPTIONS request.

It seems to me that CORS needs to handle this case. That is, the OPTIONS 
request should be repeated with credentials.

Best regards, Julian

Received on Wednesday, 22 September 2010 15:15:44 UTC