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Additional reasoning for sending Accept-Encoding: identity #764

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Expand Up @@ -3657,8 +3657,14 @@ Range Requests</cite>. [[HTTP-RANGE]] However, this is not widely supported by b
`<code>Accept-Encoding</code>`/`<code>identity</code>` to <var>httpRequest</var>'s
<a for=request>header list</a>.

<p class="note no-backref"><a href="https://jakearchibald.github.io/accept-encoding-range-test/">Many servers</a>
mistakenly ignore `<code>Range</code>` headers if a non-identity encoding is accepted.
<div class="note no-backref">
<p>This avoids a failure when <a lt="handle content codings">handling content codings</a> with
a part of an encoded <a for=/>response</a>.

<p>Additionally,
<a href="https://jakearchibald.github.io/accept-encoding-range-test/">many servers</a>
mistakenly ignore `<code>Range</code>` headers if a non-identity encoding is accepted.
</div>

<li>
<p>Modify <var>httpRequest</var>'s <a for=request>header list</a> per HTTP. Do not
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