spring-cloud / spring-cloud/spring-cloud-gateway

Cache body for form requests

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Description

Describe the bug
I have a gateway application configured to route requests to some backend service. The app has a single page which sends POST requests to this service. It also has a web filter which tries to read form data from the requests.

The issue is, form POSTs hang and eventually timeout. It appears to be caused by the web filter reading the form data, as AJAX POST requests (using query params instead of form data) do work. See the sample.

Gateway version: 2.2.1.RELEASE

Sample
(originally reported against Spring Security, hence the name, but this is reproducible with only the gateway)
https://github.com/SmithJosh/spring-security-8026/

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Research direction

Start with the linked spring-security-8026 sample and reproduce the form POST timeout through the gateway. Trace the web filter's form-data read and the gateway's request forwarding path. Done means form-encoded POST requests complete successfully, while the existing query-parameter POST behavior remains working.

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Assessment

Tech stack
java, spring, spring-boot
Domain
api, backend
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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