RequestPolicy/tractest — Issue #178: Sometimes meta refresh confuses the request origin
Author: jsamuel
Created: 2011-12-22 02:44:55+00:00
State: open
Labels: extension

Steps to reproduce:
1. Allow requests from "adobe.co.jp" to "adobe.com".
2. Go to http://www.linelabo.com/index001.htm
3. Click the link "Adobe Acrobat Reader" at the bottom of the page which links to http://www.adobe.co.jp/products/acrobat/readstep.html
Expected result:
It should redirect to http://www.adobe.com/jp/products/acrobat/readstep.html, then refresh to http://www.adobe.com/jp/products/acrobat/readstep2.html.

Actual result:
Refresh fails. Even infobar is not displayed. Request log claims the origin is http://www.linelabo.com/index001.htm which should be http://www.adobe.co.jp/products/acrobat/readstep.html.
Interestingly, if you visit http://www.adobe.co.jp/products/acrobat/readstep.html directly, refresh succeeds.