Title: https://www.webpagetest.org/ Result &#8220;E&#8221;
Last modified: May 13, 2020

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# https://www.webpagetest.org/ Result “E”

 *  [auctionsavvy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/auctionsavvy/)
 * (@auctionsavvy)
 * [6 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/https-www-webpagetest-org-result-e/)
 * Hi,
 * WebPageTest.org reported no errors until today when, for the first time, a Security
   Score was displayed as “E”. I have been using HTTP Header for several months 
   and the Security Score error hadn’t appeared.
 * These are the active plug-in settings:
    X-Frame-Options SAMEORIGIN X-XSS-Protection
   1; mode=block X-Content-Type-Options nosniff Strict-Transport-Security max-age
   =63072000; includeSubDomains; preload Referrer-Policy no-referrer Content-Security-
   Policy frame-ancestors ‘none’ Feature Policy ON
 * Any idea what is happening?
 * Thanks a lot for your help,
 * Stephen
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fhttps-www-webpagetest-org-result-e%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  Plugin Author [Dimitar Ivanov](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zinoui/)
 * (@zinoui)
 * [6 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/https-www-webpagetest-org-result-e/#post-12829266)
 * Hi Stephen,
 * When I open your website at [https://www.auction-savvy.com/](https://www.auction-savvy.com/)
   
   I see these response headers:
 *     ```
       cache-control: max-age=0
       cf-cache-status: DYNAMIC
       cf-ray: 592e056389d70d5a-VIE
       cf-request-id: 02b0a1b23800000d5a24315200000001
       content-encoding: br
       content-type: text/html; charset=UTF-8
       date: Wed, 13 May 2020 17:15:22 GMT
       expect-ct: max-age=604800, report-uri="https://report-uri.cloudflare.com/cdn-cgi/beacon/expect-ct"
       expires: Wed, 13 May 2020 17:15:21 GMT
       last-modified: Wed, 13 May 2020 16:29:59 GMT
       server: cloudflare
       status: 200
       vary: Accept-Encoding,Cookie,User-Agent,Accept
       x-content-type-options: nosniff
       ```
   
 * then I open the same page like this: [https://www.auction-savvy.com/?adasdas](https://www.auction-savvy.com/?adasdas)
   
   and I get the following response headers:
 *     ```
       cache-control: max-age=0
       cf-cache-status: DYNAMIC
       cf-ray: 592e07515b2f0d5a-VIE
       cf-request-id: 02b0a2e6d900000d5a241da200000001
       content-encoding: br
       content-security-policy: frame-ancestors 'none'
       content-type: text/html; charset=UTF-8
       date: Wed, 13 May 2020 17:16:43 GMT
       expect-ct: max-age=604800, report-uri="https://report-uri.cloudflare.com/cdn-cgi/beacon/expect-ct"
       expires: Wed, 13 May 2020 17:16:40 GMT
       link: <https://www.auction-savvy.com/wp-json/>; rel="https://api.w.org/"
       referrer-policy: no-referrer
       server: cloudflare
       status: 200
       strict-transport-security: max-age=63072000; includeSubDomains; preload
       vary: Accept,Accept-Encoding,User-Agent
       x-content-type-options: nosniff
       x-frame-options: SAMEORIGIN
       x-xss-protection: 1; mode=block
       ```
   
 * As you can see the late is a “fresh” request, with all your security headers.
   
   So, I guess you are using some intermediate cache like Cloudflare.
 * To overcome this you can try to adjust the `Cache-Control` header to include 
   the `public` directive.
 * For example:
    `Cache-Control: public, max-age=0`
 * Note that you may need to purge the Cloudflare cache after a change of HTTP Headers
   plugin settings.
 * For more info read this:
    [https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Cache-Control](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Cache-Control)
 * Dimitar
    -  This reply was modified 6 years ago by [Dimitar Ivanov](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zinoui/).
      Reason: clarification
 *  Thread Starter [auctionsavvy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/auctionsavvy/)
 * (@auctionsavvy)
 * [6 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/https-www-webpagetest-org-result-e/#post-12830214)
 * Hi Dimitar,
 * Yes, I am using Cloudflare. I followed your direction and enabled the Cache-Control
   in HTTP Headers to public, max-age=0. I cleared the Cloudflare cache but still
   have the same result.
 * Any other suggestions?
 * Thanks again for your help,
 * Stephen
 *  Plugin Author [Dimitar Ivanov](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zinoui/)
 * (@zinoui)
 * [6 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/https-www-webpagetest-org-result-e/#post-12831508)
 * Sorry, it’s my bad but the `public` directive is not what you need. Try this:
 * `Cache-Control: no-store`
 * or
 * `Cache-Control: no-cache, max-age=0`
 *  Thread Starter [auctionsavvy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/auctionsavvy/)
 * (@auctionsavvy)
 * [6 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/https-www-webpagetest-org-result-e/#post-12835040)
 * Hi Dimitar,
 * I tried both suggestions but no change in results. I did find however if I disable
   the WP Rocket plugin the score goes from “D” to “A”. I will submit a support 
   ticket to WP Rocket and see if they can resolve.
 * Thanks again for your help and have a good weekend!
 * Stephen

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 * Last reply from: [auctionsavvy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/auctionsavvy/)
 * Last activity: [6 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/https-www-webpagetest-org-result-e/#post-12835040)
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