# HTTP headers — Other

> {{HTTPHeader("Alt-Svc")}} : Used to list alternate ways to reach this service.

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{{HTTPHeader("Alt-Svc")}} : Used to list alternate ways to reach this service. {{HTTPHeader("Alt-Used")}} : Used to identify the alternative service in use. {{HTTPHeader("Date")}} : Contains the date and time at which the message was originated. {{HTTPHeader("Link")}} : This entity-header field provides a means for serializing one or more links in HTTP headers. It is semantically equivalent to the HTML {{HTMLElement("link")}} element. {{HTTPHeader("Retry-After")}} : Indicates how long the user agent should wait before making a follow-up request. {{HTTPHeader("Server-Timing")}} : Communicates one or more metrics and descriptions for the given request-response cycle. {{HTTPHeader("Service-Worker")}} : Included in fetches for a service worker's script resource. This header helps administrators log service worker script requests for monitoring purposes. {{HTTPHeader("Service-Worker-Allowed")}} : Used to remove the path restriction by including this header in the response of the Service Worker script. {{HTTPHeader("SourceMap")}} : Links to a {{Glossary("source map")}} so that debuggers can step through original source code instead of generated or transformed code. {{HTTPHeader("Upgrade")}} : This HTTP/1.1 (only) header can be used to upgrade an already established client/server connection to a different protocol (over the same transport protocol). For example, it can be used by a client to upgrade a connection from HTTP 1.1 to HTTP 2.0, or an HTTP or HTTPS connection into a WebSocket. {{HTTPHeader("Priority")}} : Provides a hint from about the priority of a particular resource request on a particular connection. The value can be sent in a request to indicate the client priority, or in a response if the server chooses to reprioritize the request.

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