fullstorydev / fullstorydev/grpcurl
Fails to display response headers in case of "unexpected HTTP status code"
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Description
Current behavior: `grpcurl` incorrectly states `Response headers received: (empty)` despite response headers being present in case there is an unexpected status code (like 401).
Expected behavior: `grpcurl` shows headers even in case there is an unexpected status code (and possibly no content).
```
$ grpcurl -vv -plaintext -d '' -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" [::1]:8000
Resolved method descriptor:
Request metadata to send:
authorization: Bearer
Response headers received:
(empty)
Response trailers received:
(empty)
Sent 1 request and received 0 responses
ERROR:
Code: Unauthenticated
Message: unexpected HTTP status code received from server: 401 (Unauthorized)
```
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Research direction
Reproduce the grpcurl command with -vv and an unexpected 401 response, then trace the code path that formats response headers when no response message is received. Done means present HTTP response headers are displayed instead of “(empty)” while trailers and the Unauthenticated error remain correctly reported.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- go
- Domain
- cli
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100