2 files changed, 11 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/network/access/qhttpnetworkreply.cpp b/src/network/access/qhttpnetworkreply.cpp
index d3d57d4..ea2018d 100644
--- a/src/network/access/qhttpnetworkreply.cpp
+++ b/src/network/access/qhttpnetworkreply.cpp
@@ -514,8 +514,11 @@ qint64 QHttpNetworkReplyPrivate::readHeader(QAbstractSocket *socket)
         chunkedTransferEncoding = headerField("transfer-encoding").toLower().contains("chunked");
 
         // cache isConnectionCloseEnabled since it is called often
-        connectionCloseEnabled = (headerField("connection").toLower().contains("close") ||
-            headerField("proxy-connection").toLower().contains("close"));
+        QByteArray connectionHeaderField = headerField("connection");
+        // check for explicit indication of close or the implicit connection close of HTTP/1.0
+        connectionCloseEnabled = (connectionHeaderField.toLower().contains("close") ||
+            headerField("proxy-connection").toLower().contains("close")) ||
+            (majorVersion == 1 && minorVersion == 0 && connectionHeaderField.isEmpty());
     }
     return bytes;
 }
diff --git a/src/network/access/qnetworkaccesshttpbackend.cpp b/src/network/access/qnetworkaccesshttpbackend.cpp
index 30f16da..faf04da 100644
--- a/src/network/access/qnetworkaccesshttpbackend.cpp
+++ b/src/network/access/qnetworkaccesshttpbackend.cpp
@@ -951,6 +951,12 @@ QNetworkCacheMetaData QNetworkAccessHttpBackend::fetchCacheMetaData(const QNetwo
         if (hop_by_hop)
             continue;
 
+        // Do not copy over the Date header because it will be
+        // different for every request and therefore cause a re-write to
+        // the disk when a 304 is received inside replyHeaderChanged()
+        if (header == "date")
+            continue;
+
         // Don't store Warning 1xx headers
         if (header == "warning") {
             QByteArray v = rawHeader(header);