Akamai debug headers

Akamai debug headers

Add diagnostic headers to Akamai'd websites

What is Akamai debug headers?
'Akamai debug headers' is a browser extension for Chrome, designed to provide insightful information about websites operating behind Akamai. By injecting Akamai debug HTTP headers into your requests, this lightweight tool provides key details such as cache hits and misses, Time To Lives (TTLs), and cache keys. Use this tool to simplify your analysis of popular websites like reddit.com, dailymail.co.uk, or xbox.com.
Stats
Users: 10,000+
Rating: 3.79 (24)
Version: 1.1 (Last updated: 2015-02-20)
Creation date: 2015-02-19
Risk impact: High risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • webRequest
  • webRequestBlocking
  • <all_urls>
Size: 4.97K
URLs: Website
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Summary

Akamai debug headers makes it much easier to figure out what's happening with websites fronted by Akamai.

This simple, lightweight extension adds Akamai debug HTTP headers to your HTTP(S) requests, providing extra information like cache hits/misses, TTLs and cache keys.

to see it in action, download it now and test it out on reddit.com, dailymail.co.uk or xbox.com

User reviews
User reviews summary
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Pros
  • It provides an easy way to view cache hit/miss for individual requests on sites fronted by Akamai.
  • It extends DevTools Network-tab with akamai-header information, which is helpful for developers.
  • Great for debugging akamai header values and caching rules.
Cons
  • The extension can cause many sites to break, including causing ERR_SPDY_PROTOCOL_ERROR errors on some sites.
  • It has the potential to automatically reactivate itself after being disabled, leading to confusion and errors.
  • Interferes with resource requests and can cause CORS policy errors, making websites unusable.
Most mentioned
  • ERR_SPDY_PROTOCOL_ERROR
  • Automatic reactivation issues
  • Useful for developers
  • Causes problems with websites
  • Debugging Akamai caching
Recent reviews
I manage many sites fronted by Akamai, and it works perfectly to view the cache hit/miss for individual requests. Much easier than running cURL each time.
by Eric Perret Eric Perret, 2024-02-26

This extension does the job (extends DevTools Network-tab with akamai-header information) however it's extremely dangerous because once it's activated it will break many requests. For example sites like Favro and Zeplin become unusable. It also destroys some resource requests on my own site. Worst of all is that even if you just use the extension once during a test, then disable it, it tends to magically re-activates itself months later (perhaps when you update Chrome?). We've found that all of a sudden someone in the team sends an alarm about resource requests not working on my site. But it just turns out that they've got this Akamai extension installed and it's magically activated itself without them knowing. Really scary and error-prone extension. It does the job but you basically have to make sure you uninstall it after every time you use it - it's risky leaving it installed and will lead to many herrings as you report suspected errors on various sites, which are just caused by the extension...
by Niklas H Niklas H, 2021-11-01

It is not working, no additional headers appear when looking at a request from a site being on Akamai.
by Juan Luis Baptiste Juan Luis Baptiste, 2020-09-04
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Safety
Risk impact

Akamai debug headers is risky to use as it requires a number of sensitive permissions that can potentially harm your browser and steal your data. Exercise caution when installing this extension. Review carefully before installing. We recommend that you only install Akamai debug headers if you trust the publisher.

Risk likelihood

Akamai debug headers has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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