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URL normalization examples

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The following table shows how different URL normalization settings affect request URLs before they pass to other Cloudflare features and to the origin server:

Incoming URL Normalization type Normalize incoming URLs Normalize URLs to origin URL at Cloudflare's network URL passed to origin server
www.example.com/hello (any) Off Off www.example.com/hello www.example.com/hello
www.example.com/hello (any) On Off www.example.com/hello www.example.com/hello
www.example.com/hello (any) On On www.example.com/hello www.example.com/hello
example.com/%68ello (any) Off Off example.com/%68ello example.com/%68ello
example.com/%68ello (any) On Off example.com/hello example.com/%68ello
example.com/%68ello (any) On On example.com/hello example.com/hello
example.com/%68ello//pa\th RFC-3986 Off Off example.com/%68ello//pa\th example.com/%68ello//pa\th
example.com/%68ello//pa\th RFC-3986 On Off example.com/hello//pa%5Cth example.com/%68ello//pa\th
example.com/%68ello//pa\th RFC-3986 On On example.com/hello//pa%5Cth example.com/hello//pa%5Cth
example.com/%68ello//pa\th Cloudflare Off Off example.com/%68ello//pa\th example.com/%68ello//pa\th
example.com/%68ello//pa\th Cloudflare On Off example.com/hello/pa/th example.com/%68ello//pa\th
example.com/%68ello//pa\th Cloudflare On On example.com/hello/pa/th example.com/hello/pa/th
example.com/hello//../path RFC-3986 On On example.com/hello/path example.com/hello/path
example.com/hello//../path Cloudflare On On example.com/path example.com/path
example.com/hello/\../path RFC-3986 On On example.com/hello/%5C../path example.com/hello/%5C../path
example.com/hello/\../path Cloudflare On On example.com/path example.com/path
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