| WORKAROUND\_ID\_CRONET\_COMPRESSION | May 06, 2017 | Before version v1.3.0-dev, gRPC iOS client's | Implemented as a server channel filter in C core. | Implemented in C and C++ |
| | | Cronet transport did not implement compression. | The filter identifies the version of peer client | |
| | | However the clients still claim to support | with incoming `user-agent` header of each call. If | |
| | | compression. As a result, a client fails to parse | the client's gRPC version is lower that or equal to | |
| | | received message when the message is compressed. | v1.3.x, a flag GRPC\_WRITE\_NO\_COMPRESS is marked | |
| | | | for all send\_message ops which prevents compression | |
| | | The problem above was resolved in gRPC v1.3.0-dev.| of the messages to be sent out. | |
| | | For backward compatibility, a server must | | |
| | | forcingly disable compression for gRPC clients of | | |
| | | version lower than or equal to v1.3.0-dev. | | |
**Issue:** Before version v1.3.0-dev, gRPC iOS client's Cronet transport did not implement compression. However the clients still claim to support compression. As a result, a client fails to parse received message when the message is compressed.
The problem above was resolved in gRPC v1.3.0-dev. For backward compatibility, a server must forcingly disable compression for gRPC clients of version lower than or equal to v1.3.0-dev.
**Workaround Description:** Implemented as a server channel filter in C core. The filter identifies the version of peer client with incoming `user-agent` header of each call. If the client's gRPC version is lower that or equal to v1.3.x, a flag GRPC_WRITE_NO_COMPRESS is marked for all send_message ops which prevents compression of the messages to be sent out.