spring-cloud / spring-cloud/spring-cloud-gateway

Spring gateway MVC - X-Foward-* header add if not present

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Description

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
I have a gateway in production behind a reverse, but in dev mode i d'ont have a proxy, i need to disabled for the production the header.

Describe the solution you'd like
Add a mode to add the X-Forward-x header if not present instead of disabled or append mode

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Research direction

The issue does not name files or tests. Start by locating Spring Cloud Gateway MVC's existing X-Forward-* header handling and its configuration modes, then trace how requests behave when headers are absent or already present. Done means a documented configuration option with tests covering absent and existing headers.

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Assessment

Tech stack
java, spring, spring-boot
Domain
api, backend
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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