Why does Chrome sometimes download a PDF instead of opening it?

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00:00 Question
01:00 Accepted answer (Score 184)
07:45 Answer 2 (Score 24)
08:28 Answer 3 (Score 23)
09:06 Thank you

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Full question
https://superuser.com/questions/1277819/...

Question links:
[here]: https://www.google.com/url?s

Accepted answer links:
[Content-Disposition]: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs...
[Content-Type]: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs...
[application/octet-stream]: https://www.iana.org/assignments/media-t...
[open ]: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs...
[this manifests as an inability to set the default handler]: http://kb.mozillazine.org/File_types_and...
[plugins]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plug-in_(c...)
[image]: https://i.stack.imgur.com/GDxqn.png
[image]: https://i.stack.imgur.com/JyJF2.png

Answer 2 links:
[answer I found]: https://superuser.com/a/515622/853866
[Furthermore]: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs...

Answer 3 links:
[HTTP ]: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs...
[There is a Chrome add-on that can override this behavior.]: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detai...
[image]: https://i.stack.imgur.com/WtYfs.png

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