[research] Prepare example to reproduce local HTTP proxy missing response content

[shadeofblue]

While working on the GasTracker app, it was found out that sometimes, the returned API responses were incomplete.

The route was:

browser -> nginx on the front-end -> back-end

The content was okay when the browser accessed the back-end directly.

The suggestion is that the particulars of the nginx configuration on the front-end node (chunked encoding?) caused some trouble.

Todo:

• Try to come up with minimal reproduction of the issue (based on the GasTracker)

[shadeofblue]

while working on the GasTracker app, it was found out that sometimes, the returned API responses were incomplete...

the route was:

browser -> nginx on the front-end -> back-end

the content was okay when the browser accessed the back-end directly

the suggestion is that the particulars of the nginx configuration on the front-end node (chunked encoding?) caused some trouble

• try to come up with reproduction of the issue (based on the GasTracker)
• provide a fix for the issue

[VanDavv]

@shadeofblue please provide a context for what it means the response were incomplete - whether it had it's content stripped, invalid response returned, request failed with status code 4xx or 5xx or we just saw the page is not responding

[shadeofblue]

@VanDavv unfortunately, I'm unsure now what the exact status was -> I believe the browser was just waiting for the full response indefinitely but don't remember now