Accept Encoding value is not as per RFC standard

[raghumirajkar]

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Describe the Issue

The Accept-Encoding header value in POSTman API is not as per RFC standard as mentioned here. The value should be only gzip, not application/gzip The request is also sent with Accept-Encoding: application/gzip The server sends the data uncompressed if this header is sent as application/gzip Not sure if this is expected/intentional

Steps To Reproduce

1. Create a new request
2. Under Headers tab, select Accept-Encoding as key
3. type gzip in value text box

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Operating System

Windows

Postman Version

10.23.5

Postman Platform

Postman App

User Account Type

Signed In User

Additional Context?

No response

[CommanderStorm]

Clarifying what @raghumirajkar reported:

The default set is gzip, deflate, br

The problem only occurs if this header is overridden and the first value is blindly chosen: