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HAR issue - some responses cannot be decrypted

Some responses cannot be decrypted.

Sample HAR file: https://mega.nz/#!pBUhCAxb!HF7wahVT1RJog9dHNc3NQji5nZ3BNrVFzrkWJ1GI1S0

for example, search for: lrR/zv7/RNCaLj/9XY472V/Z1yMyt/KYbZU/Og8JiI/

It is readable in Chrome dev tools

the same request in https://toolbox.googleapps.com/apps/har_analyzer/

  • Guest
  • Jun 14 2018
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  • Guest commented
    16 Jun, 2018 08:46am

    Ok, thanks.

  • Eric Lawrence commented
    15 Jun, 2018 10:00pm

    The problem here is that HAR file captured drops a critical HTTP response header:

                {
                  "name": "Content-Encoding",
                  "value": "gzip"
                },

    If you add this header back to the response (e.g. use F2 to enable editing, then use the Headers inspector to add it), then the response can be properly decompressed by Fiddler. If you reissue the request to the original server (just select the request line in Fiddler and tap R) you will see that the server includes the necessary header.

    You should file a bug against the tool that generated this HAR file.