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AI-generatedAllowEncodedSlashes default change in Apache 2.4.58: impact on mod_proxy encoded‑slash forwarding
The goal is to understand how Apache 2.4.58’s new default for AllowEncodedSlashes (Off) changes the handling of URLs that contain encoded slashes when they are forwarded by mod_proxy to a backend server. With the directive now context‑sensitive and applied to all virtual hosts unless overridden, an encoded slash (%2F) is rejected unless the server explicitly