net/http: Server is sending 304 even if it is running in a different directory

[ghost]

What version of Go are you using (go version)?

$ go version
go version go1.15.2 linux/amd64

Does this issue reproduce with the latest release?

No sure.

What operating system and processor architecture are you using (go env)?

go env Output

$ go env
GO111MODULE="on"
GOARCH="amd64"
GOBIN=""
GOCACHE="/home/cubte/.cache/go-build"
GOENV="/home/cubte/.config/go/env"
GOEXE=""
GOFLAGS=""
GOHOSTARCH="amd64"
GOHOSTOS="linux"
GOINSECURE=""
GOMODCACHE="/home/cubte/.local/go/pkg/mod"
GONOPROXY=""
GONOSUMDB=""
GOOS="linux"
GOPATH="/home/cubte/.local/go"
GOPRIVATE=""
GOPROXY="https://proxy.golang.org,direct"
GOROOT="/usr/local/go"
GOSUMDB="sum.golang.org"
GOTMPDIR=""
GOTOOLDIR="/usr/local/go/pkg/tool/linux_amd64"
GCCGO="gccgo"
AR="ar"
CC="gcc"
CXX="g++"
CGO_ENABLED="1"
GOMOD="/dev/null"
CGO_CFLAGS="-g -O2"
CGO_CPPFLAGS=""
CGO_CXXFLAGS="-g -O2"
CGO_FFLAGS="-g -O2"
CGO_LDFLAGS="-g -O2"
PKG_CONFIG="pkg-config"
GOGCCFLAGS="-fPIC -m64 -pthread -fmessage-length=0 -fdebug-prefix-map=/tmp/go-build051727565=/tmp/go-build -gno-record-gcc-switches"

What did you do?

I have this program,

package main

import (
	"flag"
	"fmt"
	"log"
	"net/http"
	"os"
	"strconv"
)

func main() {
	port := flag.Int("p", 8000, "port number")
	dir := flag.String("d", ".", "directory path")
	flag.Parse()

	fi, err := os.Stat(*dir)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatal(err)
	}
	if !fi.IsDir() {
		log.Fatal(fmt.Errorf("%s isn't a directory\n", *dir))
	}

	addr := ":" + strconv.Itoa(*port)
	handler := http.FileServer(http.Dir(*dir))

	fmt.Printf("serving %s on http://localhost:%d\n", *dir, *port)
	log.Fatal(http.ListenAndServe(addr, handler))
}

I compiled and ran it on my home directory. I went to web browser and visited localhost:8000. I then stopped the program and ran it inside a directory of home directory. when i refresh the browser window i don't see that directory's content. I still see the previous directory. The server is still sending 304. It requires to disable cache to see the content of the directory where the server is currently running.

What did you expect to see?

The server will send the content where it is currently running.

What did you see instead?

It is sending content of the directory where the server was previously running and status code 304

[ghost]

By content i mean directory listing.

[seankhliao]

can't reproduce, sounds more like a browser problem though?