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Angular HttpClient: CORS, HTTP interceptors, and XSRF cookie-to-header flow with credentialed requests

Angular’s XSRF strategy adds non-simple headers—your API must list them in Access-Control-Allow-Headers alongside Authorization.

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Zone.js and SSR

Server-side rendering should not call browser-only APIs—centralize API base URLs in environment files per deploy target.

Hydration mismatches can duplicate requests and amplify preflight traffic during first paint.

Libraries

Third-party Angular modules may register interceptors that alter headers—audit order before production cutovers.

Ivy tree-shaking does not remove CORS requirements; document which bundles hit which origins.

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