class ActionDispatch::RequestId
from multiple pieces of the stack.
The unique request id can be used to trace a request end-to-end and would typically end up being part of log files
header is accepted from the outside world, we sanitize it to a max of 255 chars and alphanumeric and dashes only.
by a firewall, load balancer, or the web server, or, if this header is not available, a random uuid. If the
The unique request id is either based on the X-Request-Id
header in the request, which would typically be generated
the same id to the client via the X-Request-Id
header.
through ActionDispatch::Request#request_id or the alias ActionDispatch::Request#uuid) and sends
Makes a unique request id available to the action_dispatch.request_id
env variable (which is then accessible
def call(env)
def call(env) req = ActionDispatch::Request.new env req.request_id = make_request_id(req.headers[@header]) @app.call(env).tap { |_status, headers, _body| headers[@header] = req.request_id } end
def initialize(app, header:)
def initialize(app, header:) @app = app @header = header end
def internal_request_id
def internal_request_id SecureRandom.uuid end
def make_request_id(request_id)
def make_request_id(request_id) if request_id.presence request_id.gsub(/[^\w\-@]/, "").first(255) else internal_request_id end end