[squid-users] get http status code 400 when access websites like https://1234abcd1-test.procurement-eu.ariba.com/ after update from 7.1 to 7.2

[Amos Jeffries]

On 27/10/2025 20:38, Dieter Bloms wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> after updating Squid from 7.1 to 7.2, I receive status code 400 (Bad Request) when
> I access certain websites such as https://1234abcd1-test.procurement-eu.ariba.com/
>   
> After some testing, this seems to happen when the hostname begins with a
> digit instead of a letter.
>   
> Can anyone confirm this?


Yes, there was a regression in 7.2 which makes it reject all requests 
where the domain or host name starts with a digit.

The patch reverting that change is available at 
<https://github.com/squid-cache/squid/commit/ab5cf0c36b538627c82b3989d6c87d1668c7e081.patch>


HTH
Amos