First Public Working Draft: Fetch Metadata Request Headers

The Web Application Security Working Group has published a First Public Working Draft of Fetch Metadata Request Headers. This document defines a set of Fetch metadata request headers that aim to provide servers with enough information to make a priori decisions about whether or not to service a request based on the way it was made, and the context in which it will be used.

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