From 784ce4aba84503f9a798dd0531b50275f25898c2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bryce Kwon <bryce@brycekwon.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2026 20:43:07 -0700
Subject: Always send the Status header

---
 source/ui-shared.c | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

(limited to 'source')

diff --git a/source/ui-shared.c b/source/ui-shared.c
index 110dd91..db441e0 100644
--- a/source/ui-shared.c
+++ b/source/ui-shared.c
@@ -1089,8 +1089,12 @@ void cgit_print_http_headers(void)
 	if (ctx.env.no_http && !strcmp(ctx.env.no_http, "1"))
 		return;
 
+	// CGI treats a missing Status as 200, but writing it keeps every
+	// response's header block the same shape.
 	if (ctx.page.status)
 		htmlf("Status: %d %s\n", ctx.page.status, ctx.page.statusmsg);
+	else
+		html("Status: 200 OK\n");
 	if (ctx.page.mimetype && ctx.page.charset)
 		htmlf("Content-Type: %s; charset=%s\n", ctx.page.mimetype,
 		      ctx.page.charset);
-- 
cgit v2.8.0