internetarchive / internetarchive/heritrix3

Web UI on non-https doesn't respond sensibly

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Description

When the web UI is only enabled over http**s**, trying to access it over http doesn't send a sensible response. I get some binary gibberish on one browser, and a browser error message on another.

It would make more sense to redirect http to https.

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Research direction

Start by locating the web UI's HTTP and HTTPS listener or request-handling entry points and inspect how HTTP-only access currently behaves when HTTPS is enabled. Confirm the desired behavior from the issue: HTTP requests should redirect to HTTPS rather than return browser errors or binary data, and verify the behavior with the relevant web UI checks.

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Assessment

Tech stack
java
Domain
web-dev
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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