Generate a unique identifier for each request on the Akamai edge network.

How it works

When enabled, this behavior generates a unique identifier for each request on the Akamai edge network, for use in logging and debugging. Global Request Number (GRN) identifiers follow the same format as Akamai’s error reference strings, for example: 0.05313217.1567801841.1457a3. You can use the Edge Diagnostics API’s Translate error string operation to get low-level details about any request.

Features and options

Field	What it does	Sub-options
Option	Specifies how you want to use the Global Request Number.	Send as a response header to the client Send as a request header to the origin Send as both request and response headers Assign to a variable
Header name	Specifies the header name in which to send the Global Request Number.
Variable	Specifies the variable that will contain the generated Global Request Number. Available when Option is set to Assign to a variable.