prefetch-purpose.php has MIME type text/html prefetch-purpose.php has MIME type text/html The cookie was set! Purpose: prefetch This test verifies that prefetches are sent with the HTTP request header Purpose: prefetch. To do this, the root page has a prefetch link targetting this subresource which contains a PHP script (resources/prefetch-purpose.php). That initial prefetch of this resource sets a cookie. Later, the root page sets window.location to target this script, which verifies the presence of the cookie, and generates the happy test output that you hopefully see right now.