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dothttp-runner 1.0.68 - Request & Response Headers Side by Side

Prasanth

We're releasing dothttp-runner 1.0.68, which brings a improvement to the notebook renderer: the Headers tab now displays both request and response headers at the same time.

What's New#

Two-Column Headers View#

Previously, the Headers tab in the notebook output only showed response headers. You had no way to see the actual request headers (Authorization, Content-Type, User-Agent, custom headers from your .http file) without inspecting the raw request manually.

In 1.0.68, the Headers tab is now split into two equal columns:

  • Left column — Request Headers (the headers sent on the wire)
  • Right column — Response Headers (returned by the server)

If either side has no headers, it shows "None" in italics. The tab only appears when at least one side has headers.

This makes it easy to compare what you sent vs. what the server saw without switching views or digging through logs.

Technical Details#

New Components#

Two new sub-components were added to renderer.tsx:

  • HeadersTable — renders a header/value table for a given headers map
  • HeadersPanel — the two-column flex layout wrapping two HeadersTable instances

Backend Requirement#

This feature depends on dothttp-req v0.0.44a33+, which adds request_headers to the execute response payload. The field captures the actual headers sent on the wire via requests.PreparedRequest, so you see exactly what was transmitted — including headers added by the HTTP library, not just what you wrote in the file.

A new request_headers?: Headers field was added to the DothttpExecuteResponse type in response.ts.

Version: 1.0.68
Release Date: June 12, 2026
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