# How to ultimately override rails headers?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-ultimately-override-rails-headers/167871>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [May 13, 2009, 2:50pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-ultimately-override-rails-headers/167871 "2009-05-13T14:50:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![qertoip](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/q/7ab992/32.png) [@qertoip](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/qertoip)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2009, 2:50pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-ultimately-override-rails-headers/167871/1 "2009-05-13T14:50:58Z")

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How to ultimately override any/all rails headers, including X-Runtime,  
Set-Cookie, etc.

As you know, standard response.headers[“Set-Cookie”] = ‘’ in  
after\_filter will often _not_ work, as rails overrides some headers.

TIA,  
Qertoip