Fetch metadata — Sec-Fetch-Site
This header indicates the relationship between the origin of the resource being requested and the origin of the requester of the resource.
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This header indicates the relationship between the origin of the resource being requested and the origin of the requester of the resource.
It indicates whether the requester is from
The same {{glossary("origin")}} as the requested resource. A different origin, but the same {{glossary("site")}}. A different site.
For example, if a user clicks a link in a page at the browser makes a request to fetch the document specified in the link target. The following table shows values of the associated Sec-Fetch-Site header for different link target values
Similar mappings apply for other HTTP requests, such as
Form submissions via the action attribute of a {{htmlelement("form")}} element. Requests for subresources such as images, fonts, or scripts. Requests made using the {{domxref("window.fetch()", "fetch()")}} API.
The Sec-Fetch-Site header may also have the value none for requests that don't have a site as the requester, including, for example, requests made when the user types a URL into the browser's address bar or clicks a bookmark. The specification calls these directly user-initiated requests.
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