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+module Gitlab
+  class DeviseFailure < Devise::FailureApp
+    protected
+
+    # Override `Devise::FailureApp#request_format` to handle a special case
+    #
+    # This tells Devise to handle an unauthenticated `.zip` request as an HTML
+    # request (i.e., redirect to sign in).
+    #
+    # Otherwise, Devise would respond with a 401 Unauthorized with
+    # `Content-Type: application/zip` and a response body in plaintext, and the
+    # browser would freak out.
+    #
+    # See https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/12944
+    def request_format
+      if request.format == :zip
+        Mime::Type.lookup_by_extension(:html).ref
+      else
+        super
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end