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title: HTTP/3 inspection · Cloudflare Zero Trust docs
description: Gateway supports inspection of HTTP/3 traffic, which uses the QUIC
  protocol over UDP. HTTP/3 inspection requires a user-side certificate to be
  deployed and traffic to be proxied over UDP with TLS version 1.3.
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Gateway supports inspection of HTTP/3 traffic, which uses the QUIC protocol over UDP. HTTP/3 inspection requires a [user-side certificate](https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/user-side-certificates/) to be deployed and traffic to be proxied over UDP with [TLS version 1.3](https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/http-policies/tls-decryption/).

Gateway applies HTTP policies to HTTP/3 traffic last. For more information, refer to the [order of enforcement](https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/order-of-enforcement/#http3-traffic).

## Enable HTTP/3 inspection

To enable HTTP/3 inspection, turn on the [Gateway proxy](https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/proxy/) for UDP:

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com), go to **Settings** > **Network**.
2. In **Firewall**, turn on **Proxy**.
3. Select **TCP** and **UDP**.
4. Turn on **TLS decryption**.

### Application limitations

Gateway can inspect HTTP/3 traffic from Mozilla Firefox and Microsoft Edge by establishing an HTTP/3 proxy connection. Gateway will then terminate the HTTP/3 connection, decrypt and inspect the traffic, and connect to the destination server over HTTP/2. Gateway can also inspect other HTTP applications, such as cURL.

If the UDP proxy is turned on in Zero Trust, Google Chrome will cancel all HTTP/3 connections and retry them with HTTP/2, allowing you to enforce your HTTP policies. If the UDP proxy is turned off, HTTP/3 traffic from Chrome will bypass inspection.

## Exempt HTTP/3 traffic from inspection

If you require HTTP/3 traffic with end-to-end encryption from the client to the origin while still using the Gateway proxy, you can create a [Do Not Inspect HTTP policy](https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/http-policies/#do-not-inspect) to match the desired traffic. Using a Do Not Inspect policy allows HTTP/3 traffic to preserve proxy performance and end-to-end encryption by bypassing Gateway's TLS decryption and inspection.

## Force HTTP/2 traffic

To apply Gateway policies to HTTP traffic without turning on the UDP proxy, you must turn off QUIC in your users' browsers to ensure only HTTP/2 traffic reaches Gateway.

Google Chrome

1. Go to `chrome://flags`
2. Set **Experimental QUIC protocol** to *Disabled*.
3. Relaunch Chrome.

Safari

You cannot turn off QUIC in Safari. All traffic will be sent over HTTP/3.

Firefox

1. Go to `about:config`.
2. If you receive a warning, select **Accept the Risk and Continue**.
3. Set **network.http.http3.enable** to *false*.
4. Relaunch Firefox.

Microsoft Edge

1. Go to `edge://flags`
2. Set **Experimental QUIC protocol** to *Disabled*.
3. Relaunch Edge.
