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httpclient gzip decoding failed

See original GitHub issue

Ktor Version

1.2.1

Ktor Engine Used(client or server and name)

Http Client with Apache engine

JVM Version, Operating System and Relevant Context

JDK 11,MAC OS

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If ContentEncoding feature turned on

    install(ContentEncoding) {
                gzip()
                identity()
            }

and get content from any website which supports compression

An exception thrown:

java.lang.IllegalStateException: Gzip padding invalid.

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Created 4 years ago
Reactions:5
Comments:14 (7 by maintainers)

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pecanwcommented, Apr 30, 2020

I had already found the problem as well - see issue #1780. As a workaround you can set logging to a different level (see a sample code linked to the issue - ktorGzipTest)

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e5lcommented, Mar 23, 2020

Fixed in 1.3.2

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