RSS feeds with wrong Content-Type won't load #3430

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opened 2026-02-21 16:46:10 -05:00 by deekerman · 3 comments

deekerman commented

2026-02-21 16:46:10 -05:00

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Originally created by @Viper007Bond on GitHub (Dec 1, 2015).

While I realize that this is the site's fault, would it make sense to attempt to parse the result even if the wrong Content-Type header is sent, assuming the HTTP status code is still valid? This site is wrongly setting it to text/html.

This change appears to have been introduced in v3.3.0.

Of course I could be wrong as to why this particular feed is not loading but it worked fine in v3.2.x. No related errors appear in the error log so it's hard to tell why it's not loading (red X icon in RSS view).

Originally created by @Viper007Bond on GitHub (Dec 1, 2015). While I realize that this is the site's fault, would it make sense to attempt to parse the result even if the wrong `Content-Type` header is sent, assuming the HTTP status code is still valid? This site is wrongly setting it to `text/html`. This change appears to have been introduced in v3.3.0. Of course I could be wrong as to why this particular feed is not loading but it worked fine in v3.2.x. No related errors appear in the error log so it's hard to tell why it's not loading (red X icon in RSS view).