Safari - cannot decode raw data

[AndreasW2000]

Hi everyone,

some of my users report they get an "cannot decode raw data" error when they try to access my new 4.5 forum with their iPhone. It works perfectly on my iPhone, though.

Does anyone know what might be causing this issue and what recommendation I can give to my users?

[Nathan Explosion]

Turn off Gzip compression on your site/server - or tell them to use a different browser (iIt's a common Safari bug)

[AndreasW2000]

But wouldn't that slow down the data transfer considerably? Isn't it the whole point to GZIP to compress the data and speed up the system?

Until I find out whether my hoster even allow that ... how come I don't get the error on my iPhone while others do? "Use a different browser" is basically admitting failure, on any website, unless people are complainig why something is not backward-compatible after 10 years. Could it simply be a specific safari version maybe?

[Nathan Explosion]

1 hour ago, AndreasW2000 said:

Could it simply be a specific safari version maybe?

Maybe. But it is a Safari bug - seen it loads of times over the past few years, pops up every so often on both internal (to my employers - common items = GZip and Safari) and externally (various sites, no common denominator other than Safari)

Another option - get the user to clear their browser cookies...that used to work, maybe it still does.

Edited November 8, 2020 by Nathan Explosion

[AndreasW2000]

Hm okay ...

[bfarber]

We automatically gzip or brocoli-encode the output if you have the appropriate extensions installed (most do), so you don't need PHP to do the gzipping automatically.