10-21-2013, 08:40 PM
I've tested from various locations an URL that returns a 301 to a new URL. The server response is fast enough, however WPT keeps indicating me a very very long download time.
See the first request on this result :
http://www.webpagetest.org/result/131021...2/details/
I've taken the longest download time I've noticed so far (1500 ms), but other location also show more than 500 ms download time.
How can the download of a redirect be so long ?
Can it be an error of the tool itself ?
I mean : the browser correctly redirects immediately to the ending URL and is downloading the assets of the final page, why would it keep downloading something from the first query ?
See the first request on this result :
http://www.webpagetest.org/result/131021...2/details/
I've taken the longest download time I've noticed so far (1500 ms), but other location also show more than 500 ms download time.
How can the download of a redirect be so long ?
Can it be an error of the tool itself ?
I mean : the browser correctly redirects immediately to the ending URL and is downloading the assets of the final page, why would it keep downloading something from the first query ?