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Server Header Management

Server Header Management

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2017

Cloudflare is evolving its Server header to simplify its identity from 'cloudflare-nginx' to a more generic 'cloudflare'. This change reflects the increasing complexity of Cloudflare's stack beyond just NGINX and anticipates future custom web serving or caching solutions. The transition is being rolled out in stages to allow dependent software to update.

2017

The end of the road for Server: cloudflare-nginx

12/11/2017

This post announces the planned transition from the 'Server: cloudflare-nginx' HTTP response header to 'Server: cloudflare'. It explains the rationale behind this change, citing the evolution of Cloudflare's software stack beyond NGINX and the potential for future custom web serving or caching implementations. The post also details the rollout timeline and advises dependent software to update their parsing logic.