Bug 257002 - [GTK] Failed to redirect to www subdomain of site
Summary: [GTK] Failed to redirect to www subdomain of site
Status: RESOLVED INVALID
Alias: None
Product: WebKit
Classification: Unclassified
Component: WebKitGTK (show other bugs)
Version: WebKit Nightly Build
Hardware: PC Linux
: P2 Normal
Assignee: Nobody
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Reported: 2023-05-18 18:13 PDT by Kdwk
Modified: 2023-05-19 04:52 PDT (History)
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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...