id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	priority	milestone	component	version	resolution	keywords	cc	uname	nginx_version
2023	401 when not authenticated yet	jeanmarc77@…		"Hi,
Firstly, thank you very much for nginx.
I find a strange behavior while using HTTP authentication :

I log 401 attempts with this settings :

{{{
..
error_page 400 404 401 /error.html;
..
location = /error.html {
 internal;
 access_log /var/log/nginx/4xxerror.log;
}
..
}}}

All work fine but i still have a 401 error when i first request a page so it's while i get the prompt (i haven't click ok or cancel yet).
Of course i'am not authenticated at this stage but i don't think it's normal, it should only return a 401 if there is a wrong user/passwd or pressed the cancel button.
Could you avoid this 401 when no login have been entered yet ?
Cheers

"	defect	closed	minor		documentation	1.18.x	invalid	401		Linux zbox 5.7.9-1-MANJARO #1 SMP PREEMPT Thu Jul 16 08:20:05 UTC 2020 x86_64 GN                                                                                                                                                             U/Linux	"nginx version: nginx/1.18.0
built with OpenSSL 1.1.1g  21 Apr 2020
TLS SNI support enabled
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