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.

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By: preflightsiren

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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

Ranking

# 9317 ▼ 21

Other rankings

#6664 in Developer Tools ▼ 26 #26 in header keyword 25 ▼ 2 #35 in debug keyword 15 ▼ 1 #136 in cache keyword 42 ▼ 2

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Extension summary

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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

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.

Pros

Works perfectly to view cache hit/miss for individual requests.
Extends DevTools Network-tab with Akamai header information.
Useful for debugging Akamai header values and caching rules.
Received positive feedback for functionality when it works.

Cons

Can break many requests leading to unusable sites.
Tends to reactivate itself unexpectedly after being disabled.
Causes ERR_SPDY_PROTOCOL_ERROR and CORS policy issues.
Requires manual enabling/disabling, which can be cumbersome.

Most mentioned

Causes ERR_SPDY_PROTOCOL_ERROR errors.
Reactivates itself without user knowledge.
Breaks functionality of various sites.
Requires uninstallation after use to avoid issues.

User 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.

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...