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Azurite fails on `If-Unmodified-Since: null` while Azure Storage ignores it

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Description

I'm using Azurite in our test environment and have noticed a behavioral difference compared to Azure remote storage when sending conditional headers.

Specifically, we're issuing an HTTP request to read blob data, including the If-Unmodified-Since conditional header set to null. On Azure remote storage, this request succeeds — it appears the service ignores the header when the value is null.

However, when sending the same request to Azurite, it fails with a 412 Precondition Failed response. Based on the logs, Azurite does not ignore the null value and instead enforces the condition, resulting in an error.

Azurite logs:

2025-04-16T12:39:54.178Z ... DeserializedParameters={"options":{"range":"bytes=202195224-202260759",...,"modifiedAccessConditions":{"ifUnmodifiedSince":null}}...
ErrorHTTPStatusCode=412 ErrorHTTPStatusMessage=The condition specified using HTTP conditional header(s) is not met.
ConditionNotMet
The condition specified using HTTP conditional header(s) is not met.
RequestId:6cb296ae-b4e7-4838-99df-994de13fe608
Time:2025-04-16T12:39:54.178Z

Is this behavior expected in Azurite? If so, is there a recommended way to make Azurite behave consistently with Azure Storage in such scenarios? If not, could this be considered a bug or a potential area for improvement?

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