Last modified: 2014-11-06 21:47:30 UTC
For requests to partial content (like skipping in videos), the Range header helps to find the request for the beginning of a resource. This is valuable when trying to tell apart starting a video stream, and seeking in a video stream, which improves quality of counting media file requests. It is typically empty, hence does not add much to the average message length.
Change 171267 had a related patch set uploaded by QChris: Add Range header to webrequest table https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/171267
Change 171268 had a related patch set uploaded by QChris: Make varnishkafka pick up Range header https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/171268
Change 171267 merged by Ottomata: Add Range header to webrequest table https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/171267
Change 171268 merged by Ottomata: Make varnishkafka pick up Range header https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/171268