Understanding the True-Client-IP Header

Enabling the True-Client-IP Header adds the True-Client-IP header to all requests to your origin server, which includes the end user's IP address.

Availability

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Add True-Client-IP Header

The recommended procedure to access client IP information is to enable the Add "True-Client-IP" header Managed Transform.

Note

To use this data, you will need to then retrieve it from the True-Client-IP header.

Additional resources

For additional guidance on using True-Client-IP Header with Cloudflare, refer to the following resources:

• Available Managed Transforms
• Cloudflare HTTP headers
• Restoring original visitor IPs