spring-projects / spring-projects/spring-security

ServerHttpSecurity.HeaderSpec.ReferrerPolicySpec missing disable

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Description

Expected Behavior

Most of the other HeaderSpecs have a disable option, but ServerHttpSecurity.HeaderSpec.ReferrerPolicySpec is missing it.

Current Behavior

There is no way to disable the ReferrerPolicy header unless you use headers.disable(), but that makes .writer() not work.

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Research direction

Start at ServerHttpSecurity.HeaderSpec.ReferrerPolicySpec and compare its API with the other HeaderSpecs that provide a disable option. Verify how disabling Referrer-Policy should interact with headers.disable() and writer(); done means callers can disable only this header while retaining writer() behavior. Add or update tests if the surrounding implementation identifies a test location.

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Assessment

Tech stack
java
Domain
security
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Clearly specified
Newbie friendliness
58/100

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