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Document header injection for MCPRemoteProxy#476

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Add documentation for the headerForward field in MCPRemoteProxy CRD, which allows injecting custom headers into requests to remote MCP servers. Covers plaintext headers, secret-backed headers, and combined usage with security considerations.

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Pull request overview

Adds Kubernetes documentation for forwarding/injecting custom headers from MCPRemoteProxy to remote MCP servers, including plaintext and Secret-backed header sources.

Changes:

  • Documented spec.headerForward usage with examples for plaintext headers and Kubernetes Secret references.
  • Added guidance for combining plaintext + Secret-backed headers.
  • Added a security considerations callout for header forwarding.

jhrozek and others added 2 commits January 30, 2026 13:51
Add documentation for the headerForward field in MCPRemoteProxy CRD,
which allows injecting custom headers into requests to remote MCP
servers. Covers plaintext headers, secret-backed headers, and combined
usage with security considerations.
- Split combined Secret+MCPRemoteProxy code block into separate examples
- Clarify kubectl visibility (full resource output, not table view)
- Clarify ConfigMap storage (secret references only, not actual values)

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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jhrozek commented Jan 30, 2026

@ChrisJBurns since you reviewed the actual PR that added the feature, you might also be interested in reviewing the docs :-)

@jhrozek jhrozek merged commit 800c851 into main Feb 2, 2026
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