Removed incorrect optimization of HEAD requests. The stub status module and ngx_http_send_response() (used by the empty gif module and the "return" directive) incorrectly assumed that responding to HEAD requests always results in r->header_only being set. This is not true, and results in incorrect behaviour, for example, in the following configuration: location / { image_filter size; return 200 test; } Fix is to remove this incorrect micro-optimization from both stub status module and ngx_http_send_response(). Reported by Chris Newton.

--- a/src/http/ngx_http_core_module.c
+++ b/src/http/ngx_http_core_module.c
@@ -1782,7 +1782,7 @@ ngx_http_send_response(ngx_http_request_
         }
     }
 
-    if (r->method == NGX_HTTP_HEAD || (r != r->main && val.len == 0)) {
+    if (r != r->main && val.len == 0) {
         return ngx_http_send_header(r);
     }