2616's definition of `Referer` said: > If the field value is a relative URI, it SHOULD be interpreted relative to the Request-URI. 7231 dropped that, thanks to [this commit](https://trac.ietf.org/trac/httpbis/changeset/2072#file3). We should probably restore it, given it can cause misconceptions like [this](https://github.com/npm/cli/issues/836#issuecomment-589404272).
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Referersaid:7231 dropped that, thanks to this commit.
We should probably restore it, given it can cause misconceptions like this.