Bug 257002

Summary: [GTK] Failed to redirect to www subdomain of site
Product: WebKit Reporter: Kdwk <kdwkleung>
Component: WebKitGTKAssignee: Nobody <webkit-unassigned>
Status: RESOLVED INVALID    
Severity: Normal CC: bugs-noreply, mcatanzaro
Priority: P2    
Version: WebKit Nightly Build   
Hardware: PC   
OS: Linux   

Description Kdwk 2023-05-18 18:13:25 PDT 
When entering 'fanfiction.net' or 'https://fanfiction.net', domain-for-sale sites appear. However, on Safari, it correctly redirects to 'https://www.fanfiction.net'
Comment 1 Michael Catanzaro 2023-05-18 18:46:02 PDT 
Hm, https://fanfiction.net/ is responding with a 403 Forbidden.

If the server doesn't respond with a redirect, then we surely should not create one ourselves? How are we supposed to know that it wants to redirect to www.fanfiction.net if it doesn't tell us to? Most websites will redirect www.foo.com to foo.com or vice-versa, but that's just convention and certainly not required.
Comment 2 Kdwk 2023-05-19 04:52:09 PDT 
You're right, no other browser seems to do this...