Add support for Fowarded header (RFC 7239)
Author: KludexCreated Jan 29, 2024Updated Nov 1, 2025
Discussed in https://github.com/encode/uvicorn/discussions/2236
Originally posted by nhairs January 28, 2024
We should probably support the Forwarded header which was standardised in RFC 7239.
One of the benefits of this header over X-Forwarded-* headers is that it supports including the port of the client rather than just the address.
See also: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Forwarded
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