bug: Cookie header stripped from capacitor http request

[aeharding]

Bug Report

Capacitor Version

Affected versions: 5.4.0-5.5.0

Platform(s)

• Android
• iOS

Current Behavior

When making a request through Capacitor, I cannot set a custom Cookie header. It is stripped from the request.

Expected Behavior

In Capacitor 5.3.0 and below, the cookie was not stripped from the request.

Code Reproduction

Enable CapacitorHttp in capacitor.config.json.

Add to index.html

fetch("https://example.com/movies.json", { headers: { Cookie: "foo=bar" } });

Inspect logs running natively

Other Technical Details

npm --version output:
10.1.0
node --version output:
v20.8.1
pod --version output (iOS issues only):

Additional Context

[aeharding]

Better reproduction:

Not working against latest capacitor (v5.5.0) reproduction

https://github.com/aeharding/test-fetch/tree/main

Working against old capacitor (v5.2.3) reproduction

https://github.com/aeharding/test-fetch/tree/working-old-capacitor

[kpturner]

So no response to this problem since Nov 2023?

[MirazMac]

Any update regarding this? At least allow us to filter or intercept the request before sending so we may insert these headers via a hook or something.