[JENKINS-73381] Downloading tar.gz artifacts in Firefox is broken (regression in 2.463)

[jenkins-infra-bot]

When downloading tar.gz artifacts with Firefox the downloaded file is broken and has a different size than when i download it with other browsers like Edge or Chrome.

To reproduce the issue, you can try the attached pipeline script.

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Originally reported by christianhoesel, imported from: Downloading tar.gz artifacts in Firefox is broken (regression in 2.463)

• assignee: basil
• status: Closed
• priority: Major
• component(s): core
• label(s): regression
• resolution: Fixed
• resolved: 2024-07-02T20:08:48+00:00
• votes: 0
• watchers: 1
• imported: 2025-11-24

Raw content of original issue

When downloading tar.gz artifacts with Firefox the downloaded file is broken and has a different size than when i download it with other browsers like Edge or Chrome.

To reproduce the issue, you can try the attached pipeline script.

environment

Jenkins: 2.464<br/>
OS: Linux - 5.15.0-113-generic<br/>
Java: 17.0.11 - Ubuntu (OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM)<br/>
Firefox: 127.0.2

1 attachment

• JENKINS-73381.txt

[jenkins-infra-bot]

• Remote links associated with this issue:

  • jenkinsci/winstone#​397
  • jenkinsci/jenkins#​9428