HEAD returns 404, GET returns 200 for the same url

[Magnus Heino]

http://mail.zope.org/pipermail/zope-dev/2003-May/019657.html

http://mail.zope.org/pipermail/zope-dev/2003-May/019662.html

[tonico (tonico)]

I stumbled over this issue while checking for dead links with gURLchecker. I wonder if this has some impacts on SEO visibility.

[Ian Lawrence (ianlawrence)]

This still has not been fixed apparently

[Paul Dodd (paul-dodd)]

This bug will increase load on the web site and traffic.

[Paul Dodd (paul-dodd)]

Note that e.g. the URLs
http://www.ub.unibe.ch/content/recherche/index_ger.html
http://www.ub.unibe.ch/content/recherche/fachinformationen/index_ger.html
http://www.ub.unibe.ch/content/recherche/fachinformationen/islamwissenschaft/index_ger.html

all return 404 for HEAD but

http://www.ub.unibe.ch/content/index_ger.html
returns 200

ZMS: ZMS2 2.13.4.1875 (Build #134c)
ZOPE: (2.13.12, python 2.7.2, linux2)

[Paul Dodd (paul-dodd)]

Returning 404 is correct according to http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec10.html#sec10.4.4
"This status code is commonly used when the server does not wish to reveal exactly why the request has been refused" but will cause extra load on the web site and traffic, thus HEAD should be supported.

[Colin Watson (cjwatson)]

The zope2 project on Launchpad has been archived at the request of the Zope developers (see https://answers.launchpad.net/launchpad/+question/683589 and https://answers.launchpad.net/launchpad/+question/685285). If this bug is still relevant, please refile it at https://github.com/zopefoundation/zope2.