fix: fix loading redirects with TE: chunked (#8896)

packages/driver/cypress/integration/commands/net_stubbing_spec.ts

@@ -411,6 +411,17 @@ describe('network stubbing', function () {
   })
 
   context('network handling', function () {
+    // @see https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/8497
+    it('can load transfer-encoding: chunked redirects', function () {
+      const url4 = 'http://localhost:3501/fixtures/generic.html'
+      const url3 = `http://localhost:3501/redirect?href=${encodeURIComponent(url4)}`
+      const url2 = `https://localhost:3502/redirect?chunked=1&href=${encodeURIComponent(url3)}`
+      const url1 = `https://localhost:3502/redirect?chunked=1&href=${encodeURIComponent(url2)}`
+
+      cy.visit(url1)
+      .location('href').should('eq', url4)
+    })
+
     context('can intercept against any domain', function () {
       beforeEach(function () {
         // reset origin

packages/driver/cypress/plugins/server.js

@@ -42,7 +42,14 @@ const createApp = (port) => {
   })
 
   app.get('/redirect', (req, res) => {
-    res.redirect(301, req.query.href)
+    if (req.query.chunked) {
+      res.setHeader('transfer-encoding', 'chunked')
+      res.removeHeader('content-length')
+    }
+
+    res.statusCode = 301
+    res.setHeader('Location', req.query.href)
+    res.end()
   })
 
   // allows us to serve the testrunner into an iframe for testing

packages/proxy/lib/http/response-middleware.ts

@@ -299,6 +299,7 @@ const OmitProblematicHeaders: ResponseMiddleware = function () {
     'set-cookie',
     'x-frame-options',
     'content-length',
+    'transfer-encoding',
     'content-security-policy',
     'content-security-policy-report-only',
     'connection',