Headers: Sec-CH-UA-Arch

Sec-CH-UA-Arch header

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Check the Browser compatibility table carefully before using this in production.

Secure context: This feature is available only in secure contexts (HTTPS), in some or all supporting browsers.

The HTTP Sec-CH-UA-Arch request header is a user agent client hint which contains the user-agent's underlying CPU architecture, such as ARM or x86.

This might be used by a server, for example, to select and offer the correct binary format of an executable for a user to download.

Header type	Request header, Client hint
Forbidden request header	Yes (`Sec-` prefix)

Syntax

Sec-CH-UA-Arch: <arch>

Directives

<arch>: A string indicating the underlying platform architecture, such as: "x86", "ARM", "[arm64-v8a, armeabi-v7a, armeabi]".

Examples

Using Sec-CH-UA-Arch

A server requests the Sec-CH-UA-Arch header by including the Accept-CH in a response to some request from the client, using the name of the desired header as a token:

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Accept-CH: Sec-CH-UA-Arch

The client may choose to provide the hint, and add the Sec-CH-UA-Arch header to subsequent requests. For example, on a Windows X86 based computer, the client might add the header as shown:

GET /my/page HTTP/1.1
Host: example.site

Sec-CH-UA: " Not A;Brand";v="99", "Chromium";v="96", "Google Chrome";v="96"
Sec-CH-UA-Mobile: ?0
Sec-CH-UA-Platform: "Windows"
Sec-CH-UA-Arch: "x86"

Note above that the low entropy headers are added to the request even though not specified in the server response.

Specifications

Specification
User-Agent Client Hints> # sec-ch-ua-arch>

Browser compatibility

	Desktop					Mobile
	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Opera	Safari	Chrome Android	Firefox for Android	Opera Android	Safari on IOS	Samsung Internet	WebView Android	WebView on iOS
`Sec-CH-UA-Arch`	89	89	No	75	No	89	No	63	No	23.0	89	No