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Investigate zipdownload error messages flooding the logs

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Feature: File Upload & Handling Type: Bug User Role: Sysadmin
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Description

The error log of our Apache server has been flooded with messages of this kind for some time. I suspect this is caused by zipdownload. Can these messages be disabled?

[Wed Mar 17 13:44:50.619055 2021] [cgi:error] [pid 17800] [client 129.206.xxx.xxx:35826] AH01215: offset: 0, length: 8192, referer: https://heidata.uni-heidelberg.de/dataset.xhtml?persistentId=doi:10.11588/data/HVXXIJ
[Wed Mar 17 13:44:50.621371 2021] [cgi:error] [pid 17800] [client 129.206.xxx.xxx:35826] AH01215: offset: 0, length: 8192, referer: https://heidata.uni-heidelberg.de/dataset.xhtml?persistentId=doi:10.11588/data/HVXXIJ
[Wed Mar 17 13:44:50.621652 2021] [cgi:error] [pid 17800] [client 129.206.xxx.xxx:35826] AH01215: offset: 0, length: 8192, referer: https://heidata.uni-heidelberg.de/dataset.xhtml?persistentId=doi:10.11588/data/HVXXIJ

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Research direction

Start by tracing the zipdownload path and its logging around the Apache AH01215 messages; the issue does not name a source file or test. Reproduce the flooded logs if possible, then determine whether the messages can be suppressed without breaking zip downloads and document the verification result.

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Tech stack
apache, java
Domain
backend
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
30/100

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