[tor-bugs] #22206 [Core Tor/Tor]: Fetching compressed consensus behaves unpredictably strange

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#22206: Fetching compressed consensus behaves unpredictably strange
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 Reporter:  Sebastian     |          Owner:
     Type:  defect        |         Status:  new
 Priority:  Medium        |      Milestone:  Tor: 0.3.1.x-final
Component:  Core Tor/Tor  |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal        |     Resolution:
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 Reviewer:                |        Sponsor:
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Comment (by yawning):

 The code MUST respond to `.z` GETs/`Accept-Encoding: identity` requests
 with a response consisting of zlib compressed payload, because the
 identity transform of a `.z` file is a `.z` file, not plaintext.

 The code MAY responmd to `.z` GETs/`Accept-Encoding:` that does not
 include `identity` requests by doing an extra compression pass on the `.z`
 payload.  Alternatively, it could return an error (`406 Not Acceptable`
 seems like the right one?).

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