GET from IE11 to google doesn't work

Question

I'm developing an extension for IE11 and as part of it I'm using an xhr (GET) to Google's settings page. The code runs on the background page.

These are the details that I'm passing -

var details = {
            url: "https://security.google.com/settings/security/permissions?pli=1&hl=en&rt=j", 
            method: 'GET',
            async: true,
            contentType: 'text'
        }

And here's the call -

kango.xhr.send(details, function(data) { 
// Yada yada yada
});

It works great on Firefox, Chrome, Safari, Chromium and it even worked on IE11 up until today.

The response I'm getting is

{"response":"","status":"0","abort":{}}

Cache is not the problem.

Any ideas? Thanks.

Answer 1

There may be a security update behind this:

This issue occurs if the Internet connection is established through certain proxy servers when the SPDY/3 protocol is enabled in Internet Explorer.

To resolve this issue, install the most recent cumulative security update for Internet Explorer. To do this, go to Microsoft Update.

Note This update was first included in security update 2925418.

References

• An update is available that disables Enhanced Protected Mode by default in Internet Explorer 11
• Sites that support SPDY do not load first time when IE is configured to use a proxy server and SPDY is enabled
• "This page can't be displayed" error when you browse a Google webpage in Internet Explorer 11
• Internet Explorer 11 - New Technical Features
• A Developer's Survival Guide to IE Protected Mode