---
title: bereq.headers
summary: null
url: >-
  https://www.fastly.com/documentation/reference/vcl/variables/backend-request/bereq-headers
---

**Type:** STRING  
**Access:** read-only

**Available in:** pass, miss, fetch

Collection of HTTP headers assoaciated with the backend request.
Used in conjunction with [std.count](https://www.fastly.com/documentation/reference/vcl/functions/miscellaneous/std-count/) to count the number of headers in the backend request.