URL normalization examples

The following table shows how different URL normalization settings affect request URLs before they pass to other Cloudflare features and to the origin server:

Incoming URL	Normalization type	Normalize incoming URLs	Normalize URLs to origin	URL at Cloudflare's network	URL passed to origin server
www.example.com/hello	(any)	Off	Off	www.example.com/hello	www.example.com/hello
www.example.com/hello	(any)	On	Off	www.example.com/hello	www.example.com/hello
www.example.com/hello	(any)	On	On	www.example.com/hello	www.example.com/hello
example.com/%68ello	(any)	Off	Off	example.com/%68ello	example.com/%68ello
example.com/%68ello	(any)	On	Off	example.com/hello	example.com/%68ello
example.com/%68ello	(any)	On	On	example.com/hello	example.com/hello
example.com/%68ello//pa\th	RFC-3986	Off	Off	example.com/%68ello//pa\th	example.com/%68ello//pa\th
example.com/%68ello//pa\th	RFC-3986	On	Off	example.com/hello//pa%5Cth	example.com/%68ello//pa\th
example.com/%68ello//pa\th	RFC-3986	On	On	example.com/hello//pa%5Cth	example.com/hello//pa%5Cth
example.com/%68ello//pa\th	Cloudflare	Off	Off	example.com/%68ello//pa\th	example.com/%68ello//pa\th
example.com/%68ello//pa\th	Cloudflare	On	Off	example.com/hello/pa/th	example.com/%68ello//pa\th
example.com/%68ello//pa\th	Cloudflare	On	On	example.com/hello/pa/th	example.com/hello/pa/th
example.com/hello//../path	RFC-3986	On	On	example.com/hello/path	example.com/hello/path
example.com/hello//../path	Cloudflare	On	On	example.com/path	example.com/path
example.com/hello/\../path	RFC-3986	On	On	example.com/hello/%5C../path	example.com/hello/%5C../path
example.com/hello/\../path	Cloudflare	On	On	example.com/path	example.com/path