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This adds a section explaining how to properly propagate identity headers when using OAuth2-Proxy in auth-url (Forward Auth) mode with NGINX Ingress. It specifically notes the architectural difference between --pass-user-headers and --set-xauthrequest.

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 This adds a section explaining how to properly propagate identity headers
 when using OAuth2-Proxy in auth-url (Forward Auth) mode with NGINX Ingress,
 specifically noting the architectural difference between `--pass-user-headers`
 and `--set-xauthrequest`.

 Fixes oauth2-proxy#3127

Signed-off-by: Sahvendra <shyamajanidhaka@gmail.com>
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Sahvendra7 force-pushed the docs/nginx-ingress-headers branch from 02b3a47 to 9df68c4 Compare October 7, 2026 12:04

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