Re: Request.getParameter(String s) doesn't parse parameters

All,

On 1/8/26 5:15 AM, Mark Thomas wrote:
> On 07/01/2026 19:45, Nelson Page via users wrote:
>> Hi all -
>>
>> First time mailing on this list, please let me know what I can improve.
>>
>> I've run into a case where
>> org.apache.catalina.connector.Request.getParameter("some_parameter")
>> no longer results in the parameters getting parsed.
>>
>> We're on tomcat 9.0.107, using HTTP/2, the `content-length` header is
>> not being set, the `content-type` header is set to
>> `application/x-www-form-urlencoded`, and the HTTP method is `POST`.
>>
>> So I think what happens is in
>> https://github.com/apache/tomcat/blob/9.0.x/java/org/apache/catalina/ 
>> connector/Request.java#L3094
>> the `len` variable is set to -1, and we fall out in the `if` statement
>> below it.
>>
>> Is this expected behavior?
> 
> No.
> 
> I'd need to write a test case to confirm the behaviour but that looks 
> like a bug.
> 
> HTTP/2 requests are not required to provide a content-length since the 
> HTTP/2 framing defines where the body (if any) ends.

Sorry for the noise, I wasn't thinking h/2 in my responses elsewhere and 
re-opening the bug. I'll close it.

-chris