Additional reasoning for sending Accept-Encoding: identity

Author: jakearchibald

fetch.bs

@@ -3657,8 +3657,14 @@ Range Requests</cite>. [[HTTP-RANGE]] However, this is not widely supported by b
     `<code>Accept-Encoding</code>`/`<code>identity</code>` to <var>httpRequest</var>'s
     <a for=request>header list</a>.
 
-    <p class="note no-backref"><a href="https://jakearchibald.github.io/accept-encoding-range-test/">Many servers</a>
-    mistakenly ignore `<code>Range</code>` headers if a non-identity encoding is accepted.
+    <div class="note no-backref">
+     <p>This avoids a failure when <a lt="handle content codings">handling content codings</a> with
+     a part of an encoded <a for=/>response</a>.
+
+     <p>Additionally,
+     <a href="https://jakearchibald.github.io/accept-encoding-range-test/">many servers</a>
+     mistakenly ignore `<code>Range</code>` headers if a non-identity encoding is accepted.
+    </div>
 
    <li>
     <p>Modify <var>httpRequest</var>'s <a for=request>header list</a> per HTTP. Do not