[Webkit-unassigned] [Bug 128006] New: Coalesce authentication credential requests

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https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=128006

           Summary: Coalesce authentication credential requests
           Product: WebKit
           Version: 528+ (Nightly build)
          Platform: Unspecified
        OS/Version: Unspecified
            Status: NEW
          Severity: Normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: WebCore Misc.
        AssignedTo: webkit-unassigned at lists.webkit.org
        ReportedBy: dbates at webkit.org
                CC: ap at webkit.org


We should look to coalesce authentication credential requests such that we ask the client to display the minimum number of authentication dialogs needed to access the requested resources.

One example of how this issue manifests itself is in the WebKit Bot Watcher's Dashboard with a Buildbot that requires HTTP authentication. At the time of writing, the WebKit Bot Watcher's Dashboard is coded such that each queue makes an independent XML HTTP request to its associated Buildbot for content. Assuming there are at least two queues associated with a Buildbot that requires HTTP authentication and looking only at requests sent by the queues, there may be at most two XML HTTP requests that are made and hence Safari will prompt for credentials twice.

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