Using header-based routing, you can create patterns such as session persistence (sticky sessions) or an enhanced experience using "state". HTTP header-based routing enables using HTTP header information as a basis to determine how to route a request. This might be a standard header, like Accept or Cookie, or it might be a custom header, like my-own-header-key-value. Header-based routing can also be used to enable use cases such as A/B testing (e.g.: custom headers using any string), canary or blue/green deployments, delivering different pages or user experiences based on categories of devices. (e.g.: using regex in header), handling traffic from different browsers differently (e.g. using user-agent) or configuring access restrictions based on IP address or CDN. (e.g. using X-Forwarded-for).