# Upgrade-Insecure-Requests header — Using Upgrade-Insecure-Requests

> A client's request signals to the server that it supports the upgrade mechanisms of {{CSP("upgrade-insecure-requests")}} The server can now redirect to a secure version of the site.

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## Metadata

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## Knowledge

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A client's request signals to the server that it supports the upgrade mechanisms of {{CSP("upgrade-insecure-requests")}}

The server can now redirect to a secure version of the site. A {{HTTPHeader("Vary")}} header can be used so that the site isn't served by caches to clients that don't support the upgrade mechanism.

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