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HTTP Header Referrer-Policy

Last Updated 5 years ago

The Referrer-Policy HTTP header governs which referrer information, sent in the Referer header, should be included with requests made.
Options:

no-referrer - The Referer header will be omitted entirely. No referrer information is sent along with requests.
no-referrer-when-downgrade (default) - This is the user agent's default behavior if no policy is specified. The URL is sent as a referrer when the protocol security level stays the same (HTTP→HTTP, HTTPS→HTTPS), but isn't sent to a less secure destination (HTTPS→HTTP).
origin - Only send the origin of the document as the referrer in all cases. The document https://example.com/page.html will send the referrer https://example.com/.
origin-when-cross-origin - Send a full URL when performing a same-origin request, but only send the origin of the document for other cases.
same-origin - A referrer will be sent for same-site origins, but cross-origin requests will contain no referrer information.
strict-origin - Only send the origin of the document as the referrer when the protocol security level stays the same (HTTPS→HTTPS), but don't send it to a less secure destination (HTTPS→HTTP).
strict-origin-when-cross-origin - Send a full URL when performing a same-origin request, only send the origin when the protocol security level stays the same (HTTPS→HTTPS), and send no header to a less secure destination (HTTPS→HTTP).
unsafe-url - Send a full URL when performing a same-origin or cross-origin request.