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fix: respond to HEAD requests without a body #17036

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5 changes: 5 additions & 0 deletions .changeset/quiet-heads-rest.md
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'@sveltejs/kit': patch
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fix: respond to `HEAD` requests without a body
6 changes: 6 additions & 0 deletions packages/kit/src/runtime/server/index.js
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Expand Up @@ -193,6 +193,12 @@ export class Server {
response.headers.set(REROUTED_URL_HEADER, request_state.rerouted_url);
}

// the HTTP layer discards HEAD response bodies, but nothing does when the server is called directly
if (request.method === 'HEAD' && response.body !== null) {
response.body.cancel().catch(noop);
return new Response(null, response);
}

return response;
}
}
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