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Header Inspector vs Redirect Chain

Pick the right diagnostic depth: final response headers or full hop-by-hop redirect path.

Decision criteria

Criterion Header Inspector Redirect Chain Visualizer Recommended
Security Header Visibility Strong Limited Header Inspector
Loop/Long Chain Detection Basic Strong Redirect Chain Visualizer
Per-hop Timing No Yes Redirect Chain Visualizer
Final Destination Validation Yes Yes Depends on context

Quick checklist

  1. Run Redirect Chain first during migrations to validate hop logic.
  2. Run Header Inspector on final URL to verify security/caching posture.
  3. Share sanitized public result pages with team for async QA.

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