HSTS for Dart with Shelf: Copy-Paste Reference

HTTP Strict Transport Security is one of those headers you set once, then forget about until you realize your rollout plan was sloppy. If you run a Dart app with Shelf, HSTS is straightforward: send a Strict-Transport-Security response header on HTTPS responses, and don’t break local development while doing it. This guide is the practical version: what to send, when to send it, and copy-paste Shelf middleware you can actually use. ...

April 28, 2026 · 7 min · headertest.com