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Upgrade-Insecure-Requests

The HTTP Upgrade-Insecure-Requests request header sends a signal to the server expressing the client’s preference for an encrypted and authenticated response, and that it can successfully handle the upgrade-insecure-requests CSP directive.

Syntax

Upgrade-Insecure-Requests: 1

Examples

A client requests signals to the server that it supports the upgrade mechanisms of upgrade-insecure-requests:

GET / HTTP/1.1 
Host: example.com 
Upgrade-Insecure-Requests: 1

The server can now redirect to a secure version of the site. A Vary header can be used so that the site isn't served by caches to clients that don’t support the upgrade mechanism.

Location: https://example.com/ 
Vary: Upgrade-Insecure-Requests

Specifications

Specification Status Comment
Upgrade Insecure Requests
The definition of 'upgrade-insecure-requests' in that specification.
Candidate Recommendation Initial definition.

Browser compatibilityUpdate compatibility data on GitHub

Desktop
Chrome Edge Firefox Internet Explorer Opera Safari
Basic support 44 17 48 No 31 10.1
Mobile
Android webview Chrome for Android Edge Mobile Firefox for Android Opera for Android iOS Safari Samsung Internet
Basic support ? 44 No 48 31 10.3 4.0

See also

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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Upgrade-Insecure-Requests