Parsed Special — Cookie Handling


Test ID	`COOK-PARSED-SPECIAL`
Category	Cookies
Scored	No
RFC Level	N/A
Expected	`2xx (no crash)`

What it sends

Cookies with spaces and = in values — tests framework parser edge cases.

GET /cookie HTTP/1.1\r\n
Host: localhost:8080\r\n
Cookie: a=hello world; b=x=y\r\n
\r\n

Why it matters

Spaces in values and = signs within values are common in real-world cookies (e.g., Base64-encoded tokens) and can confuse parsers that split on = or whitespace too aggressively.

Verdicts

Pass — 2xx or 400
Warn — 404 (endpoint not available)
Fail — 500 (crash)

Sources

RFC 6265 §5.4 — Cookie header