HTTP Headers Analysis for https://the-independent.com

Detected Technologies from Headers

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Varnish

HTTP Security Headers

Status

Strict-Transport-Security

Present

max-age=63072000; preload

Content-Security-Policy

Basic

default-src; frame-src; script-src; +3 more Analyze

Content-Security-Policy-Report-Only

Missing

Not configured Analyze

X-Frame-Options

Good

SAMEORIGIN

X-Content-Type-Options

Good

nosniff

Referrer-Policy

Good

no-referrer-when-downgrade

Permissions-Policy

Present

camera=(), microphone=(), midi=(); +2 more

Recommendations

• Increase HSTS max-age to at least 1 year and add includeSubDomains
• Improve CSP by adding more specific directives and removing 'unsafe-inline'

Performance Headers

Accept-Ranges

Performance

bytes

Connection

Performance

close

accept-ranges: bytes
connection: close

Caching Headers

Age

Caching

0

Cache-Control

Caching

no-cache, no-store, max-age=0, must-revalidate

Etag

Caching

W/"4da8b-E8bmMiEtEKtn+ClPEc+4xD0gYbM"

age: 0
cache-control: no-cache, no-store, max-age=0, must-revalidate
etag: W/"4da8b-E8bmMiEtEKtn+ClPEc+4xD0gYbM"

Content Headers

Content-Language

Content

en

Content-Length

Content

318091

Content-Type

Content

text/html; charset=utf-8

content-language: en
content-length: 318091
content-type: text/html; charset=utf-8

Server Headers

No server headers found

CORS Headers

Access-Control-Allow-Credentials

Cors

true

Access-Control-Allow-Origin

Cors

*

access-control-allow-credentials: true
access-control-allow-origin: *

Cookies Headers

Set-Cookie

Cookies

set-cookie: Locale=US ; Path=/ ;
gdpr=0 ; Path=/ ;
subscriber_origin=us ; Path=/ ;
_pc_subscriber_origin=us ; Path=/ ;
is_mobile_or_tablet=false ; Path=/ ; Secure ; Expires=Tue, 27 Jul 2027 19:53:15 GMT ;
feat__piano_use_vanity_domain=true ; Path=/ ; Secure ; Expires=Fri, 25 Sep 2026 19:53:15 GMT ;
feat__article_complete_tracking_commercial=true ; Path=/ ; Secure ; Expires=Fri, 25 Sep 2026 19:53:15 GMT ;
esi-uuid=9ad9cbbb-f118-4245-a578-08d8e7049478 ; Path=/ ; Secure; HttpOnly; Expires=Tue, 27 Jul 2027 19:53:15 GMT ;
esi-permutive-id=9ad9cbbb-f118-4245-a578-08d8e7049478; Path=/ ; Secure ;
Locale=US ; Path=/ ;
gdpr=0 ; Path=/ ;
subscriber_origin=us ; Path=/ ;
_pc_subscriber_origin=us ; Path=/ ;
is_mobile_or_tablet=false ; Path=/ ; Secure ; Expires=Tue, 27 Jul 2027 19:53:15 GMT ;
feat__piano_use_vanity_domain=true ; Path=/ ; Secure ; Expires=Fri, 25 Sep 2026 19:53:15 GMT ;
feat__article_complete_tracking_commercial=true ; Path=/ ; Secure ; Expires=Fri, 25 Sep 2026 19:53:15 GMT ;
esi-uuid=9ad9cbbb-f118-4245-a578-08d8e7049478 ; Path=/ ; Secure; HttpOnly; Expires=Tue, 27 Jul 2027 19:53:15 GMT ;
esi-permutive-id=9ad9cbbb-f118-4245-a578-08d8e7049478; Path=/ ; Secure ;

Other Headers

Alt-Svc

Other

h3=":443";ma=86400,h3-29=":443";ma=86400,h3-27=":443";ma=86400

Cache-Tag

Other

the-independent.com,v11.73.0,section_1741,us_1741,us_1741_v11.73.0,us_1741_2026-07-27,web_indy_prod_section_1741_publication_220450,indy_prod,web_indy_prod,web_indy_prod_section_1741,web_indy_prod_publication_220450,web_indy_prod_2026-07-27,web_indy_prod_2026-07-27_publication_220450

Canary

Other

1

Date

Other

Mon, 27 Jul 2026 19:53:15 GMT

Feature-Policy

Other

camera 'none'; microphone 'none'; midi 'none'; geolocation 'none'

Link

Other

URL https://static.the-independent.com

rel=dns-prefetch

URL https://static.the-independent.com

rel=preconnect

URL https://assets.the-independent.com

rel=dns-prefetch

URL https://assets.the-independent.com

rel=preconnect

Speculation-Rules

Other

/speculationrules.json

Via

Other

1.1 varnish, 1.1 varnish

X-Backend

Other

the-independent

X-Cache

Other

MISS, MISS, MISS

X-Cache-Hits

Other

0, 0, 0

X-Head-Hash

Other

X-Served-By

Other

cache-lhr-egll1980050-LHR, cache-lhr-egll1980040-LHR, cache-iad-kcgs7200095-IAD

X-Timer

Other

S1785181995.203532,VS0,VE695

alt-svc: h3=":443";ma=86400,h3-29=":443";ma=86400,h3-27=":443";ma=86400
cache-tag: the-independent.com,v11.73.0,section_1741,us_1741,us_1741_v11.73.0,us_1741_2026-07-27,web_indy_prod_section_1741_publication_220450,indy_prod,web_indy_prod,web_indy_prod_section_1741,web_indy_prod_publication_220450,web_indy_prod_2026-07-27,web_indy_prod_2026-07-27_publication_220450
canary: 1
date: Mon, 27 Jul 2026 19:53:15 GMT
feature-policy: camera 'none'; microphone 'none'; midi 'none'; geolocation 'none'
link: <https://static.the-independent.com>; rel=dns-prefetch, <https://static.the-independent.com>; rel=preconnect, <https://assets.the-independent.com>; rel=dns-prefetch, <https://assets.the-independent.com>; rel=preconnect
speculation-rules: /speculationrules.json
via: 1.1 varnish, 1.1 varnish
x-backend: the-independent
x-cache: MISS, MISS, MISS
x-cache-hits: 0, 0, 0
x-head-hash: 
x-served-by: cache-lhr-egll1980050-LHR, cache-lhr-egll1980040-LHR, cache-iad-kcgs7200095-IAD
x-timer: S1785181995.203532,VS0,VE695

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Enable compression (gzip/brotli) to improve performance