Expand RequestContext.isAjax() to recognize Fetch Metadata requests#662
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event.isAjax()only recognizedX-Requested-With: XMLHttpRequest, so modernfetch()calls were misclassified as non-AJAX. This caused downstream behavior (e.g., debugger rendering) to run on requests that should be treated as async/AJAX.Request classification update
Sec-Fetch-Dest == "empty"Sec-Fetch-Mode != "navigate"fetch()API calls as AJAX while excluding browser navigation requests.Behavioral coverage added
XMLHttpRequest) →truecors+empty) →truenavigate+document) →falseboolean function isAjax(){ var xRequestedWith = getHTTPHeader( "X-Requested-With", "" ); var fetchMode = getHTTPHeader( "Sec-Fetch-Mode", "" ); var fetchDest = getHTTPHeader( "Sec-Fetch-Dest", "" ); return ( xRequestedWith eq "XMLHttpRequest" || ( len( fetchMode ) && fetchMode neq "navigate" && fetchDest eq "empty" ) ); }