Syntax for ETag?

Question

Redbot reports that my webpage has invalid header:

The ETag header\'s syntax isn\'t valid.

My headers are set to:

Answer 1

If you got here because of the stack trace below, make sure you uncheck the "Enable Browser Link" option in Visual Studio that causes this error :

Conversion> [13:31:10 ERR] Connection id "0HLJ153E20LDJ", Request id "0HLJ153E20LDJ:00000003": An unhandled exception was thrown by the application.
Conversion> System.ObjectDisposedException: The response has been aborted due to an unhandled application exception. ---> System.FormatException: Invalid ETag name
Conversion>    at Microsoft.Net.Http.Headers.EntityTagHeaderValue..ctor(StringSegment tag, Boolean isWeak)
Conversion>    at Microsoft.Net.Http.Headers.EntityTagHeaderValue..ctor(StringSegment tag)
Conversion>    at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Web.BrowserLink.BrowserLinkMiddleWareUtil.AddToETag(ResponseHeaders responseHeader, Int32 port)
Conversion>    at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Web.BrowserLink.BrowserLinkMiddleware.<>c__DisplayClass7_0.b__0()
Conversion>    at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.HttpResponse.<>c.<.cctor>b__30_0(Object callback)
Conversion>    at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Core.Internal.Http.HttpProtocol.FireOnStartingMayAwait(Stack`1 onStarting)
Conversion>    --- End of inner exception stack trace ---
Conversion>    at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Core.Internal.Http.HttpProtocol.ThrowResponseAbortedException()
Conversion>    at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Core.Internal.Http.HttpProtocol.InitializeResponseAsync(Int32 firstWriteByteCount)
Conversion>    at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Core.Internal.Http.HttpProtocol.WriteAsync(ReadOnlyMemory`1 data, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
Conversion>    at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Core.Internal.Http.HttpResponseStream.WriteAsync(Byte[] buffer, Int32 offset, Int32 count, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
Conversion>    at System.IO.Stream.WriteAsync(Byte[] buffer, Int32 offset, Int32 count)
Conversion>    at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Web.BrowserLink.ScriptInjectionFilterStream.<>c__DisplayClass37_0.<b__0>d.MoveNext()
Conversion> --- End of stack trace from previous location where exception was thrown ---
Conversion>    at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Web.BrowserLink.SocketReader.ReadBytesIntoResponseHandler(Int64 totalBytesToRead, ResponseHandler handler, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
Conversion>    at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Web.BrowserLink.HttpSocketAdapter.ResponseReader.ReadBytesIntoResponse(Int64 bytesToRead)
Conversion>    at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Web.BrowserLink.HttpSocketAdapter.ResponseReader.ReadChunkedContent()
Conversion>    at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Web.BrowserLink.HttpSocketAdapter.ResponseReader.ReadResponse()
Conversion>    at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Web.BrowserLink.DelayConnectingHttpSocketAdapter.Microsoft.VisualStudio.Web.BrowserLink.IHttpSocketAdapter.WaitForResponseComplete()
Conversion>    at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Web.BrowserLink.ScriptInjectionFilterStream.WaitForFilterComplete()
Conversion>    at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Web.BrowserLink.BrowserLinkMiddleware.ExecuteWithFilter(IHttpSocketAdapter injectScriptSocket, String requestId, HttpContext httpContext)
Conversion>    at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Diagnostics.DeveloperExceptionPageMiddleware.Invoke(HttpContext context)
Conversion>    at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Diagnostics.DeveloperExceptionPageMiddleware.Invoke(HttpContext context)
Conversion>    at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.IISIntegration.IISMiddleware.Invoke(HttpContext httpContext)
Conversion>    at Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Core.Internal.Http.HttpProtocol.ProcessRequests[TContext](IHttpApplication`1 application)