Edge transformation
Rewriting HTML, headers or status codes at the CDN before the response reaches the client.
What Edge transformation means
It can mask an origin misconfiguration from anyone auditing from inside, and hide an edge fault from anyone auditing the origin.
Related terms in Delivery and rendering
What arrives on the wire, and what only exists after something else runs.
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Questions about Edge transformation
What is Edge transformation?
Rewriting HTML, headers or status codes at the CDN before the response reaches the client.
Which area of the glossary does Edge transformation belong to?
Delivery and rendering: What arrives on the wire, and what only exists after something else runs.
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