[jdk11u-dev] RFR: 8232625: HttpClient redirect policy should be more conservative

[Andrew John Hughes]

On Wed, 7 May 2025 10:58:14 GMT, Antonio Vieiro <duke at openjdk.org> wrote:

> Clean backport of [JDK-8232625](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8232625)  that improves HttpClient redirection by dropping the body when the HTTP request method changes.
> 
> Tested on linux with tier1 tests and the following:
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> Test summary
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>    TEST                                              TOTAL  PASS  FAIL ERROR   
>    jtreg:test/jdk/java/net/httpclient                  204   204     0     0   
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> TEST SUCCESS

Confirmed clean

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Marked as reviewed by andrew (Reviewer).

PR Review: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk11u-dev/pull/3030#pullrequestreview-2826459262