Add diagnostic headers to Akamai'd websites
Akamai Debug Headers: Analyze Akamai-fronted Websites
'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.
Extension stats
Risk impact: High risk impact
Risk likelihood:
Manifest version: 2
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Size: 4.97K
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Extension 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
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.
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...
It is not working, no additional headers appear when looking at a request from a site being on Akamai.
Extension safety
Risk impact
Akamai debug headers requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. Exercise caution before installing.
Risk likelihood
Akamai debug headers has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.
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