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JP_135500
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Dec 15, 2015

Can I use a STREAM profile to replace response status code?

We have a smart 404 page that Google and other bots do not appreciate. It throws a 200 OK instead of a 404 Not Found. I can't do much on the server side to change this behavior, so I am looking to th...
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Kai_Wilke
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Dec 16, 2015

Hi JP,

UPDATE: Deleted my previous posting to avoid confusion, it has contained somewhat wrong information... 😉

The [STREAM] profile can't be used for this task. You have to collect the [HTTP::payload] of the original response and then create a new [HTTP::response 404] referencing the collected payload.

For further information: https://devcentral.f5.com/questions/changing-http-reponse-status-code

Cheers, Kai