nginx 0.5.17 *) Change: now nginx always returns the 405 status for the TRACE method. *) Feature: now nginx supports the "include" directive inside the "types" block. *) Bugfix: the $document_root variable usage in the "root" and "alias" directives is disabled: this caused recursive stack overflow. *) Bugfix: in the HTTPS protocol in the "proxy_pass" directive. *) Bugfix: in some cases non-cachable variables (such as $uri variable) returned old cached value.

--- a/src/http/ngx_http_parse.c
+++ b/src/http/ngx_http_parse.c
@@ -146,6 +146,12 @@ ngx_http_parse_request_line(ngx_http_req
                         r->method = NGX_HTTP_MKCOL;
                     }
 
+                    if (m[0] == 'T' && m[1] == 'R'
+                        && m[2] == 'A' && m[3] == 'C' && m[4] == 'E')
+                    {
+                        r->method = NGX_HTTP_TRACE;
+                    }
+
                     break;
 
                 case 6: