#37107: Request META key `REMOTE_ADDR` not set anywhere in wsgi applications
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Reporter: Rami Boutassghount | Type:
| Uncategorized
Status: new | Component: Core
| (Other)
Version: 6.0 | Severity: Normal
Keywords: REMOTE_ADDR, | Triage Stage:
WSGIRequest, HttpRequest, META | Unreviewed
Has patch: 0 | Needs documentation: 0
Needs tests: 0 | Patch needs improvement: 0
Easy pickings: 0 | UI/UX: 0
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The docs suggest that the `REMOTE_ADDR? is the IP address of the client.
See: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/6.0/ref/request-
response/#django.http.HttpRequest.META
However I searched all over the django codebase and that key is not set
anywhere in `HttpRequest` or in its subclass `WSGIRequest`.
The only place where that key is set is in asgi module:
https://github.com/django/django/blob/3e4e0db66961a48a080ff3ff91f6c0d954261366/django/core/handlers/asgi.py#L80
I run a small experiment to see what is the value on my test environment
and it is always empty, see:
{{{
def get_ip_address(self, request) -> str:
meta = request.META
remote_addr = meta.get("REMOTE_ADDR", "")
x_forwarded_for = meta.get("HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR", "")
x_real_ip = meta.get("HTTP_X_REAL_IP", "")
Bot.to_admin(
f"IP Address: \n"
f"HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR: {x_forwarded_for}\n"
f"REMOTE_ADDR: {remote_addr}\n"
f"HTTP_X_REAL_IP: {x_real_ip}\n"
)
}}}
Chat in Telegram:
{{{
[5/19/26 10:21 AM] Rami Bot: IP Address:
HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR: 198.244.242.58
REMOTE_ADDR:
HTTP_X_REAL_IP: 198.244.242.58
[5/19/26 10:21 AM] Rami Bot: IP Address:
HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR: 2a03:2880:f814:19::
REMOTE_ADDR:
HTTP_X_REAL_IP: 2a03:2880:f814:19::
[5/19/26 10:21 AM] Rami Bot: IP Address:
HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR: 198.244.183.201
REMOTE_ADDR:
HTTP_X_REAL_IP: 198.244.183.201
[5/19/26 10:22 AM] Rami Bot: IP Address:
HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR: 5.39.1.228
REMOTE_ADDR:
HTTP_X_REAL_IP: 5.39.1.228
[5/19/26 10:22 AM] Rami Bot: IP Address:
HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR: 66.249.77.71
REMOTE_ADDR:
HTTP_X_REAL_IP: 66.249.77.71
[5/19/26 10:22 AM] Rami Bot: IP Address:
HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR: 2606:65c0:20:43d:a16b:57fd:233b:4fe6
REMOTE_ADDR:
HTTP_X_REAL_IP: 2606:65c0:20:43d:a16b:57fd:233b:4fe6
}}}
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Ticket URL: <https://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/37107>
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