I.e. if the first requests write the body to file via path, and this is cached, then a second request without path fails:
From r-lib/gh#228
library(webfakes)
library(httr2)
app <- local_app_process(httpbin_app())
url <- app$url("/etag/abc123")
cache_dir <- tempfile("httr2-cache-")
dir.create(cache_dir)
make_req <- function() {
request(url) |>
req_cache(path = cache_dir) |>
req_error(is_error = function(r) FALSE)
}
req_perform(make_req(), path = tempfile())
#> <httr2_response>
#> GET http://127.0.0.1:61147/etag/abc123
#> Status: 200 OK
#> Content-Type: application/json
#> Body: On disk '/var/folders/h9/6ct_py4s319fxt88dxn506l00000gp/T//RtmpkcOIVr/file9d2d9dea568' (286 bytes)
req_perform(make_req())
#> Error in `file.copy()`:
#> ! file can not be copied both 'from' and 'to'
Created on 2026-05-27 with reprex v2.1.1
I.e. if the first requests write the body to file via
path, and this is cached, then a second request withoutpathfails:From r-lib/gh#228
Created on 2026-05-27 with reprex v2.1.1