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Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) Field Name Registry

Created
2021-10-01
Last Updated
2023-09-18
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Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) Field Name Registry

Registration Procedure(s)
Specification Required for Permanent registrations,
Expert Review for Provisional registrations.
Expert(s)
Mark Nottingham, Roy Fielding
Reference
[RFC9110]
Note
See Section 16.3 of [RFC9110] for more
information on defining and registering new HTTP Fields.
Note
New field names, along with changes to existing ones, can be 
requested using the [registry interface] or the mailing list
defined in [RFC9110].
Available Formats

CSV
Field Name Template Status Reference Comments
A-IM permanent [RFC 3229: Delta encoding in HTTP]
Accept permanent [RFC9110, Section 12.5.1: HTTP Semantics]
Accept-Additions permanent [RFC 2324: Hyper Text Coffee Pot Control Protocol (HTCPCP/1.0)]
Accept-CH permanent [RFC 8942, Section 3.1: HTTP Client Hints]
Accept-Charset deprecated [RFC9110, Section 12.5.2: HTTP Semantics]
Accept-Datetime permanent [RFC 7089: HTTP Framework for Time-Based Access to Resource States -- Memento]
Accept-Encoding permanent [RFC9110, Section 12.5.3: HTTP Semantics]
Accept-Features permanent [RFC 2295: Transparent Content Negotiation in HTTP]
Accept-Language permanent [RFC9110, Section 12.5.4: HTTP Semantics]
Accept-Patch permanent [RFC 5789: PATCH Method for HTTP]
Accept-Post perm/accept-post permanent [Linked Data Platform 1.0]
Accept-Ranges permanent [RFC9110, Section 14.3: HTTP Semantics]
Accept-Signature permanent [RFC-ietf-httpbis-message-signatures-19, Section 5.1: HTTP Message Signatures]
Access-Control obsoleted [Access Control for Cross-site Requests]
Access-Control-Allow-Credentials permanent [Fetch]
Access-Control-Allow-Headers permanent [Fetch]
Access-Control-Allow-Methods permanent [Fetch]
Access-Control-Allow-Origin permanent [Fetch]
Access-Control-Expose-Headers permanent [Fetch]
Access-Control-Max-Age permanent [Fetch]
Access-Control-Request-Headers permanent [Fetch]
Access-Control-Request-Method permanent [Fetch]
Age permanent [RFC9111, Section 5.1: HTTP Caching]
Allow permanent [RFC9110, Section 10.2.1: HTTP Semantics]
ALPN permanent [RFC 7639, Section 2: The ALPN HTTP Header Field]
Alt-Svc permanent [RFC 7838: HTTP Alternative Services]
Alt-Used permanent [RFC 7838: HTTP Alternative Services]
Alternates permanent [RFC 2295: Transparent Content Negotiation in HTTP]
AMP-Cache-Transform provisional [AMP-Cache-Transform HTTP request header]
Apply-To-Redirect-Ref permanent [RFC 4437: Web Distributed Authoring and Versioning (WebDAV) Redirect Reference Resources]
Authentication-Control permanent [RFC 8053, Section 4: HTTP Authentication Extensions for Interactive Clients]
Authentication-Info permanent [RFC9110, Section 11.6.3: HTTP Semantics]
Authorization permanent [RFC9110, Section 11.6.2: HTTP Semantics]
C-Ext obsoleted [RFC 2774: An HTTP Extension Framework][status-change-http-experiments-to-historic]
C-Man obsoleted [RFC 2774: An HTTP Extension Framework][status-change-http-experiments-to-historic]
C-Opt obsoleted [RFC 2774: An HTTP Extension Framework][status-change-http-experiments-to-historic]
C-PEP obsoleted [PEP - an Extension Mechanism for HTTP][status-change-http-experiments-to-historic]
C-PEP-Info deprecated [PEP - an Extension Mechanism for HTTP][status-change-http-experiments-to-historic]
Cache-Control permanent [RFC9111, Section 5.2]
Cache-Status permanent [RFC9211: The Cache-Status HTTP Response Header Field]
Cal-Managed-ID permanent [RFC 8607, Section 5.1: Calendaring Extensions to WebDAV (CalDAV): Managed Attachments]
CalDAV-Timezones permanent [RFC 7809, Section 7.1: Calendaring Extensions to WebDAV (CalDAV): Time Zones by Reference]
Capsule-Protocol permanent [RFC9297]
CDN-Cache-Control permanent [RFC9213: Targeted HTTP Cache Control] Cache directives targeted at content delivery networks
CDN-Loop permanent [RFC 8586: Loop Detection in Content Delivery Networks (CDNs)]
Cert-Not-After permanent [RFC 8739, Section 3.3: Support for Short-Term, Automatically Renewed (STAR) Certificates in the Automated Certificate Management Environment (ACME)]
Cert-Not-Before permanent [RFC 8739, Section 3.3: Support for Short-Term, Automatically Renewed (STAR) Certificates in the Automated Certificate Management Environment (ACME)]
Clear-Site-Data permanent [Clear Site Data]
Client-Cert permanent [RFC9440, Section 2: Client-Cert HTTP Header Field]
Client-Cert-Chain permanent [RFC9440, Section 2: Client-Cert HTTP Header Field]
Close permanent [RFC9112, Section 9.6: HTTP/1.1] (reserved)
Configuration-Context provisional [OSLC Configuration Management Version 1.0. Part 3: Configuration Specification]
Connection permanent [RFC9110, Section 7.6.1: HTTP Semantics]
Content-Base obsoleted [RFC 2068: Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.1][RFC 2616: Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.1]
Content-Digest permanent [RFC-ietf-httpbis-digest-headers-13, Section 2: Digest Fields]
Content-Disposition permanent [RFC 6266: Use of the Content-Disposition Header Field in the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)]
Content-Encoding permanent [RFC9110, Section 8.4: HTTP Semantics]
Content-ID permanent [The HTTP Distribution and Replication Protocol]
Content-Language permanent [RFC9110, Section 8.5: HTTP Semantics]
Content-Length permanent [RFC9110, Section 8.6: HTTP Semantics]
Content-Location permanent [RFC9110, Section 8.7: HTTP Semantics]
Content-MD5 obsoleted [RFC 2616, Section 14.15: Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.1][RFC 7231, Appendix B: Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP/1.1): Semantics and Content]
Content-Range permanent [RFC9110, Section 14.4: HTTP Semantics]
Content-Script-Type obsoleted [HTML 4.01 Specification]
Content-Security-Policy permanent [Content Security Policy Level 3]
Content-Security-Policy-Report-Only permanent [Content Security Policy Level 3]
Content-Style-Type obsoleted [HTML 4.01 Specification]
Content-Type permanent [RFC9110, Section 8.3: HTTP Semantics]
Content-Version obsoleted [RFC 2068: Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.1]
Cookie permanent [RFC 6265: HTTP State Management Mechanism]
Cookie2 obsoleted [RFC 2965: HTTP State Management Mechanism][RFC 6265: HTTP State Management Mechanism]
Cross-Origin-Embedder-Policy permanent [HTML]
Cross-Origin-Embedder-Policy-Report-Only permanent [HTML]
Cross-Origin-Opener-Policy permanent [HTML]
Cross-Origin-Opener-Policy-Report-Only permanent [HTML]
Cross-Origin-Resource-Policy permanent [Fetch]
DASL permanent [RFC 5323: Web Distributed Authoring and Versioning (WebDAV) SEARCH]
Date permanent [RFC9110, Section 6.6.1: HTTP Semantics]
DAV permanent [RFC 4918: HTTP Extensions for Web Distributed Authoring and Versioning (WebDAV)]
Default-Style obsoleted [HTML 4.01 Specification]
Delta-Base permanent [RFC 3229: Delta encoding in HTTP]
Depth permanent [RFC 4918: HTTP Extensions for Web Distributed Authoring and Versioning (WebDAV)]
Derived-From obsoleted [RFC 2068: Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.1]
Destination permanent [RFC 4918: HTTP Extensions for Web Distributed Authoring and Versioning (WebDAV)]
Differential-ID permanent [The HTTP Distribution and Replication Protocol]
Digest obsoleted [RFC 3230: Instance Digests in HTTP][RFC-ietf-httpbis-digest-headers-13, Section 1.3: Digest Fields]
DPoP permanent [RFC9449: OAuth 2.0 Demonstrating Proof of Possession (DPoP)]
DPoP-Nonce permanent [RFC9449: OAuth 2.0 Demonstrating Proof of Possession (DPoP)]
Early-Data permanent [RFC 8470: Using Early Data in HTTP]
EDIINT-Features provisional [RFC 6017: Electronic Data Interchange - Internet Integration (EDIINT) Features Header Field]
ETag permanent [RFC9110, Section 8.8.3: HTTP Semantics]
Expect permanent [RFC9110, Section 10.1.1: HTTP Semantics]
Expect-CT permanent [RFC9163: Expect-CT Extension for HTTP]
Expires permanent [RFC9111, Section 5.3: HTTP Caching]
Ext obsoleted [RFC 2774: An HTTP Extension Framework][status-change-http-experiments-to-historic]
Forwarded permanent [RFC 7239: Forwarded HTTP Extension]
From permanent [RFC9110, Section 10.1.2: HTTP Semantics]
GetProfile obsoleted [Implementation of OPS Over HTTP]
Hobareg permanent [RFC 7486, Section 6.1.1: HTTP Origin-Bound Authentication (HOBA)]
Host permanent [RFC9110, Section 7.2: HTTP Semantics]
HTTP2-Settings obsoleted [RFC 7540, Section 3.2.1: Hypertext Transfer Protocol Version 2 (HTTP/2)] Obsolete; see Section 11.1 of [RFC9113]
If permanent [RFC 4918: HTTP Extensions for Web Distributed Authoring and Versioning (WebDAV)]
If-Match permanent [RFC9110, Section 13.1.1: HTTP Semantics]
If-Modified-Since permanent [RFC9110, Section 13.1.3: HTTP Semantics]
If-None-Match permanent [RFC9110, Section 13.1.2: HTTP Semantics]
If-Range permanent [RFC9110, Section 13.1.5: HTTP Semantics]
If-Schedule-Tag-Match permanent [ RFC 6338: Scheduling Extensions to CalDAV]
If-Unmodified-Since permanent [RFC9110, Section 13.1.4: HTTP Semantics]
IM permanent [RFC 3229: Delta encoding in HTTP]
Include-Referred-Token-Binding-ID permanent [RFC 8473: Token Binding over HTTP]
Isolation prov/isolation provisional [OData Version 4.01 Part 1: Protocol][OASIS][Chet_Ensign]
Keep-Alive permanent [RFC 2068: Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.1]
Label permanent [RFC 3253: Versioning Extensions to WebDAV: (Web Distributed Authoring and Versioning)]
Last-Event-ID permanent [HTML]
Last-Modified permanent [RFC9110, Section 8.8.2: HTTP Semantics]
Link permanent [RFC 8288: Web Linking]
Location permanent [RFC9110, Section 10.2.2: HTTP Semantics]
Lock-Token permanent [RFC 4918: HTTP Extensions for Web Distributed Authoring and Versioning (WebDAV)]
Man obsoleted [RFC 2774: An HTTP Extension Framework][status-change-http-experiments-to-historic]
Max-Forwards permanent [RFC9110, Section 7.6.2: HTTP Semantics]
Memento-Datetime permanent [RFC 7089: HTTP Framework for Time-Based Access to Resource States -- Memento]
Meter permanent [RFC 2227: Simple Hit-Metering and Usage-Limiting for HTTP]
Method-Check obsoleted [Access Control for Cross-site Requests]
Method-Check-Expires obsoleted [Access Control for Cross-site Requests]
MIME-Version permanent [RFC9112, Appendix B.1: HTTP/1.1]
Negotiate permanent [RFC 2295: Transparent Content Negotiation in HTTP]
NEL permanent [Network Error Logging]
OData-EntityId perm/odata-entityid permanent [OData Version 4.01 Part 1: Protocol][OASIS][Chet_Ensign]
OData-Isolation perm/odata-isolation permanent [OData Version 4.01 Part 1: Protocol][OASIS][Chet_Ensign]
OData-MaxVersion perm/odata-maxversion permanent [OData Version 4.01 Part 1: Protocol][OASIS][Chet_Ensign]
OData-Version perm/odata-version permanent [OData Version 4.01 Part 1: Protocol][OASIS][Chet_Ensign]
Opt obsoleted [RFC 2774: An HTTP Extension Framework][status-change-http-experiments-to-historic]
Optional-WWW-Authenticate permanent [RFC 8053, Section 3: HTTP Authentication Extensions for Interactive Clients]
Ordering-Type permanent [RFC 3648: Web Distributed Authoring and Versioning (WebDAV) Ordered Collections Protocol]
Origin permanent [RFC 6454: The Web Origin Concept]
Origin-Agent-Cluster permanent [HTML]
OSCORE permanent [RFC 8613, Section 11.1: Object Security for Constrained RESTful Environments (OSCORE)]
OSLC-Core-Version permanent [OASIS Project Specification 01][OASIS][Chet_Ensign]
Overwrite permanent [RFC 4918: HTTP Extensions for Web Distributed Authoring and Versioning (WebDAV)]
P3P obsoleted [The Platform for Privacy Preferences 1.0 (P3P1.0) Specification]
PEP obsoleted [PEP - an Extension Mechanism for HTTP]
Pep-Info obsoleted [PEP - an Extension Mechanism for HTTP]
Permissions-Policy provisional [Permissions Policy]
PICS-Label obsoleted [PICS Label Distribution Label Syntax and Communication Protocols]
Ping-From permanent [HTML]
Ping-To permanent [HTML]
Position permanent [RFC 3648: Web Distributed Authoring and Versioning (WebDAV) Ordered Collections Protocol]
Pragma deprecated [RFC9111, Section 5.4: HTTP Caching]
Prefer permanent [RFC 7240: Prefer Header for HTTP]
Preference-Applied permanent [RFC 7240: Prefer Header for HTTP]
Priority permanent [RFC9218: Extensible Prioritization Scheme for HTTP]
ProfileObject obsoleted [Implementation of OPS Over HTTP]
Protocol obsoleted [PICS Label Distribution Label Syntax and Communication Protocols]
Protocol-Info deprecated [White Paper: Joint Electronic Payment Initiative]
Protocol-Query deprecated [White Paper: Joint Electronic Payment Initiative]
Protocol-Request obsoleted [PICS Label Distribution Label Syntax and Communication Protocols]
Proxy-Authenticate permanent [RFC9110, Section 11.7.1: HTTP Semantics]
Proxy-Authentication-Info permanent [RFC9110, Section 11.7.3: HTTP Semantics]
Proxy-Authorization permanent [RFC9110, Section 11.7.2: HTTP Semantics]
Proxy-Features obsoleted [Notification for Proxy Caches]
Proxy-Instruction obsoleted [Notification for Proxy Caches]
Proxy-Status permanent [RFC9209: The Proxy-Status HTTP Response Header Field]
Public obsoleted [RFC 2068: Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.1]
Public-Key-Pins permanent [RFC 7469: Public Key Pinning Extension for HTTP]
Public-Key-Pins-Report-Only permanent [RFC 7469: Public Key Pinning Extension for HTTP]
Range permanent [RFC9110, Section 14.2: HTTP Semantics]
Redirect-Ref permanent [RFC 4437: Web Distributed Authoring and Versioning (WebDAV) Redirect Reference Resources]
Referer permanent [RFC9110, Section 10.1.3: HTTP Semantics]
Referer-Root obsoleted [Access Control for Cross-site Requests]
Refresh permanent [HTML]
Repeatability-Client-ID prov/repeatability-client-id provisional [Repeatable Requests Version 1.0][OASIS][Chet_Ensign]
Repeatability-First-Sent prov/repeatability-first-sent provisional [Repeatable Requests Version 1.0][OASIS][Chet_Ensign]
Repeatability-Request-ID prov/repeatability-request-id provisional [Repeatable Requests Version 1.0][OASIS][Chet_Ensign]
Repeatability-Result prov/repeatability-result provisional [Repeatable Requests Version 1.0][OASIS][Chet_Ensign]
Replay-Nonce permanent [RFC 8555, Section 6.5.1: Automatic Certificate Management Environment (ACME)]
Reporting-Endpoints provisional [Reporting API]
Repr-Digest permanent [RFC-ietf-httpbis-digest-headers-13, Section 3: Digest Fields]
Retry-After permanent [RFC9110, Section 10.2.3: HTTP Semantics]
Safe obsoleted [RFC 2310: The Safe Response Header Field][status-change-http-experiments-to-historic]
Schedule-Reply permanent [RFC 6638: Scheduling Extensions to CalDAV]
Schedule-Tag permanent [RFC 6338: Scheduling Extensions to CalDAV]
Sec-GPC provisional [Global Privacy Control (GPC)]
Sec-Purpose permanent [Fetch] Intended to replace the (not registered) Purpose and x-moz headers.
Sec-Token-Binding permanent [RFC 8473: Token Binding over HTTP]
Sec-WebSocket-Accept permanent [RFC 6455: The WebSocket Protocol]
Sec-WebSocket-Extensions permanent [RFC 6455: The WebSocket Protocol]
Sec-WebSocket-Key permanent [RFC 6455: The WebSocket Protocol]
Sec-WebSocket-Protocol permanent [RFC 6455: The WebSocket Protocol]
Sec-WebSocket-Version permanent [RFC 6455: The WebSocket Protocol]
Security-Scheme obsoleted [RFC 2660: The Secure HyperText Transfer Protocol][status-change-http-experiments-to-historic]
Server permanent [RFC9110, Section 10.2.4: HTTP Semantics]
Server-Timing permanent [Server Timing]
Set-Cookie permanent [RFC 6265: HTTP State Management Mechanism]
Set-Cookie2 obsoleted [RFC 2965: HTTP State Management Mechanism][RFC 6265: HTTP State Management Mechanism]
SetProfile obsoleted [Implementation of OPS Over HTTP]
Signature permanent [RFC-ietf-httpbis-message-signatures-19, Section 4.2: HTTP Message Signatures]
Signature-Input permanent [RFC-ietf-httpbis-message-signatures-19, Section 4.1: HTTP Message Signatures]
SLUG permanent [RFC 5023: The Atom Publishing Protocol]
SoapAction permanent [Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) 1.1]
Status-URI permanent [RFC 2518: HTTP Extensions for Distributed Authoring -- WEBDAV]
Strict-Transport-Security permanent [RFC 6797: HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS)]
Sunset permanent [RFC 8594: The Sunset HTTP Header Field]
Surrogate-Capability permanent [Edge Architecture Specification]
Surrogate-Control permanent [Edge Architecture Specification]
TCN permanent [RFC 2295: Transparent Content Negotiation in HTTP]
TE permanent [RFC9110, Section 10.1.4: HTTP Semantics]
Timeout permanent [RFC 4918: HTTP Extensions for Web Distributed Authoring and Versioning (WebDAV)]
Timing-Allow-Origin prov/timing-allow-origin provisional [Resource Timing Level 1]
Topic permanent [RFC 8030, Section 5.4: Generic Event Delivery Using HTTP Push]
Traceparent permanent [Trace Context]
Tracestate permanent [Trace Context]
Trailer permanent [RFC9110, Section 6.6.2: HTTP Semantics]
Transfer-Encoding permanent [RFC9112, Section 6.1: HTTP Semantics]
TTL permanent [RFC 8030, Section 5.2: Generic Event Delivery Using HTTP Push]
Upgrade permanent [RFC9110, Section 7.8: HTTP Semantics]
Urgency permanent [RFC 8030, Section 5.3: Generic Event Delivery Using HTTP Push]
URI obsoleted [RFC 2068: Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.1]
User-Agent permanent [RFC9110, Section 10.1.5: HTTP Semantics]
Variant-Vary permanent [RFC 2295: Transparent Content Negotiation in HTTP]
Vary permanent [RFC9110, Section 12.5.5: HTTP Semantics]
Via permanent [RFC9110, Section 7.6.3: HTTP Semantics]
Want-Content-Digest permanent [RFC-ietf-httpbis-digest-headers-13, Section 4: Digest Fields]
Want-Digest obsoleted [RFC 3230: Instance Digests in HTTP][RFC-ietf-httpbis-digest-headers-13, Section 1.3: Digest Fields]
Want-Repr-Digest permanent [RFC-ietf-httpbis-digest-headers-13, Section 4: Digest Fields]
Warning obsoleted [RFC9111, Section 5.5: HTTP Caching]
WWW-Authenticate permanent [RFC9110, Section 11.6.1: HTTP Semantics]
X-Content-Type-Options permanent [Fetch]
X-Frame-Options permanent [HTML]
* permanent [RFC9110, Section 12.5.5: HTTP Semantics] (reserved)

Contact Information

ID Name Contact URI Last Updated
[Chet_Ensign] Chet Ensign mailto:chet.ensign&oasis-open.org 2020-09-01
[OASIS] OASIS https://www.oasis-open.org