[squid-users] Lots of "error:transaction-end-before-headers" in my log

[Ralf Hildebrandt]

* Alex Rousskov <rousskov at measurement-factory.com>:
> On 08/09/2017 02:21 AM, Ralf Hildebrandt wrote:
> 
> > I found that some portion is caused by "ldirectord" probing if the
> > proxy service on port 8080 is still active & working.
> 
> "active" -- maybe, but "working" -- hardly. 

I had to checks, one "simple" connect check (probably causing the
transaction-end-before-headers" and one elaborate check which sends an
HTTP request and checks the data returned.

> > I'll try making some packet dumps.
> 
> For the record, if there are no related Squid bugs, then these packet
> dumps should not have much more information than a properly configured
> access.log because there is no payload on these connections. Collecting
> packets _is_ useful to confirm that Squid classifies these connections
> correctly, but such collection should not be needed long-term.


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