palantir / palantir/conjure-java-runtime

Assert there's no BODY for http-code-200 responses for POST methods returning void

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Description

If a proxy decides to redirect the request to say an authentication service, then the caller gets back a 200 with some html BODY (the login page), even though the POST request definitely did NOT succeed.

If we're handling a POST that returns void and we get back a response with a BODY, http-remoting should force the http-error-code to be something like a 500.

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No files or tests are named in the issue. Start by locating the http-remoting handling for POST requests that return void, then reproduce a 200 response containing a body and verify that it is converted to an HTTP error such as 500.

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Tech stack
java
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api
Issue type
Bug
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3/5
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