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.

Header type Request header
Forbidden header name no

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 compatibility

Feature Chrome Edge Firefox Internet Explorer Opera Safari Servo
Upgrade-Insecure-Requests44?48.0No support???
Feature Android Chrome for Android Edge Mobile Firefox for Android IE Mobile Opera Mobile Safari Mobile
Upgrade-Insecure-Requests?44?48.0???

See also

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