[feat] Use Accept-Encoding to allow data compression #755

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opened 2024-04-22 11:06:17 +00:00 by mboelen · 0 comments

mboelen commented

2024-04-22 11:06:17 +00:00

The idea

As a webmaster, I see Akkoma in my logs and see it does not use data compression (accept-encoding header). All modern HTTP clients support this feature, so it is common to also support this on the server side.

In our case we recently decided to block all requests with HTTP/1.0 and those that are not offering to use data encoding. Due to that, we saw a few RSS feed readers showing up, and Akkoma.

Example from log (ip and instance masked), the 426 error means it is blocked:

2024-04-21T20:24:21+00:00 426 1.2.3.4 "GET /cheat-sheets/curl/ HTTP/1.1" 16 "-" "Akkoma 3.12.2; https://masked <masked>" TLSv1.3/TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 0.000 .

I did a quick look in the code, but as I'm not familiar with it, I couldn't find the HTTP handler.

My suggestion would be to enable at least Gzip, but preferably Brotli (better savings) and possibly zstd (not as common, yet).

Thanks for your consideration!

The reasoning

Save data traffic, which is beneficial for everyone involved (data centers, publishers, and clients). Especially as this involves every single HTTP request the software performs, it will add up over time considering that on a HTML/CSS/SVG/JS often the savings are great.

Have you searched for this feature request?

I have double-checked and have not found this feature request mentioned anywhere.
This feature is related to the Akkoma backend specifically, and not pleroma-fe.

### The idea As a webmaster, I see Akkoma in my logs and see it does not use data compression (accept-encoding header). All modern HTTP clients support this feature, so it is common to also support this on the server side. In our case we recently decided to block all requests with HTTP/1.0 and those that are not offering to use data encoding. Due to that, we saw a few RSS feed readers showing up, and Akkoma. Example from log (ip and instance masked), the 426 error means it is blocked: `2024-04-21T20:24:21+00:00 426 1.2.3.4 "GET /cheat-sheets/curl/ HTTP/1.1" 16 "-" "Akkoma 3.12.2; https://masked <masked>" TLSv1.3/TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 0.000 .` I did a quick look in the code, but as I'm not familiar with it, I couldn't find the HTTP handler. My suggestion would be to enable at least Gzip, but preferably Brotli (better savings) and possibly zstd (not as common, yet). Thanks for your consideration! ### The reasoning Save data traffic, which is beneficial for everyone involved (data centers, publishers, and clients). Especially as this involves every single HTTP request the software performs, it will add up over time considering that on a HTML/CSS/SVG/JS often the savings are great. ### Have you searched for this feature request? - [x] I have double-checked and have not found this feature request mentioned anywhere. - [ ] This feature is related to the Akkoma backend specifically, and not pleroma-fe.

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Reference: AkkomaGang/akkoma#755

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