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We’re seeing some invalid retry-after values, such as -1 or -2, for WebPush, which is causing the following error.

Error type: ArgumentError
Error message: not RFC 2616 compliant date: "-1"
Where:
Occurred at: Mar 21, 2025 04:26:42 UTC
First seen at: Nov 12, 2024 21:51:53 UTC
Occurrences: 170 (0 since last deploy on )
Severity: error

URL:
File: /GEM_ROOT/gems/time-0.3.0/lib/time.rb

Backtrace:
/GEM_ROOT/gems/time-0.3.0/lib/time.rb:599:in httpdate /GEM_ROOT/bundler/gems/rpush-4ab018597541/lib/rpush/daemon/retry_header_parser.rb:18:in parse /GEM_ROOT/bundler/gems/rpush-4ab018597541/lib/rpush/daemon/retry_header_parser.rb:5:in parse /GEM_ROOT/bundler/gems/rpush-4ab018597541/lib/rpush/daemon/webpush/delivery.rb:94:in deliver_after_header /GEM_ROOT/bundler/gems/rpush-4ab018597541/lib/rpush/daemon/webpush/delivery.rb:78:in retry_delivery /GEM_ROOT/bundler/gems/rpush-4ab018597541/lib/rpush/daemon/webpush/delivery.rb:71:in process_response /GEM_ROOT/bundler/gems/rpush-4ab018597541/lib/rpush/daemon/webpush/delivery.rb:35:in perform /GEM_ROOT/bundler/gems/rpush-4ab018597541/lib/rpush/daemon/dispatcher/http.rb:12:in dispatch /GEM_ROOT/bundler/gems/rpush-4ab018597541/lib/rpush/daemon/dispatcher_loop.rb:66:in dispatch /GEM_ROOT/bundler/gems/rpush-4ab018597541/lib/rpush/daemon/dispatcher_loop.rb:35:in block (2 levels) in start /GEM_ROOT/bundler/gems/rpush-4ab018597541/lib/rpush/daemon/dispatcher_loop.rb:25:in loop /GEM_ROOT/bundler/gems/rpush-4ab018597541/lib/rpush/daemon/dispatcher_loop.rb:25:in block in start

We’re seeing some invalid retry-after values, such as -1 or -2, for WebPush,
which is causing the following error.

Error type: ArgumentError
Error message: not RFC 2616 compliant date: "-1"
Where: <no information>
Occurred at: Mar 21, 2025 04:26:42 UTC
First seen at: Nov 12, 2024 21:51:53 UTC
Occurrences: 170 (0 since last deploy on <no information>)
Severity: error

URL: <no information>
File: /GEM_ROOT/gems/time-0.3.0/lib/time.rb

Backtrace:
/GEM_ROOT/gems/time-0.3.0/lib/time.rb:599:in httpdate
/GEM_ROOT/bundler/gems/rpush-4ab018597541/lib/rpush/daemon/retry_header_parser.rb:18:in parse
/GEM_ROOT/bundler/gems/rpush-4ab018597541/lib/rpush/daemon/retry_header_parser.rb:5:in parse
/GEM_ROOT/bundler/gems/rpush-4ab018597541/lib/rpush/daemon/webpush/delivery.rb:94:in deliver_after_header
/GEM_ROOT/bundler/gems/rpush-4ab018597541/lib/rpush/daemon/webpush/delivery.rb:78:in retry_delivery
/GEM_ROOT/bundler/gems/rpush-4ab018597541/lib/rpush/daemon/webpush/delivery.rb:71:in process_response
/GEM_ROOT/bundler/gems/rpush-4ab018597541/lib/rpush/daemon/webpush/delivery.rb:35:in perform
/GEM_ROOT/bundler/gems/rpush-4ab018597541/lib/rpush/daemon/dispatcher/http.rb:12:in dispatch
/GEM_ROOT/bundler/gems/rpush-4ab018597541/lib/rpush/daemon/dispatcher_loop.rb:66:in dispatch
/GEM_ROOT/bundler/gems/rpush-4ab018597541/lib/rpush/daemon/dispatcher_loop.rb:35:in block (2 levels) in start
/GEM_ROOT/bundler/gems/rpush-4ab018597541/lib/rpush/daemon/dispatcher_loop.rb:25:in loop
/GEM_ROOT/bundler/gems/rpush-4ab018597541/lib/rpush/daemon/dispatcher_loop.rb:25:in block in start
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Would you please write a changelog entry and a test for this?

@flyerhzm flyerhzm force-pushed the features/fix-invalid-retry-after-header branch from aaec917 to 9739e74 Compare July 7, 2025 07:41
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flyerhzm commented Jul 7, 2025

@benlangfeld I’ve added a test for this.

Regarding the changelog, our version is a bit behind, so I can’t update CHANGELOG.md directly. Please add the following entry manually, thanks!

- Fix invalid retry-after header [\#737](https://github.com/rpush/rpush/pull/737) ([flyerhzm](https://github.com/flyerhzm))

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@benlangfeld I’ve added a test for this.

Regarding the changelog, our version is a bit behind, so I can’t update CHANGELOG.md directly. Please add the following entry manually, thanks!


- Fix invalid retry-after header [\#737](https://github.com/rpush/rpush/pull/737) ([flyerhzm](https://github.com/flyerhzm))

You will need to merge the master branch into yours.

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