---
title: req.backend.name
summary: null
url: >-
  https://www.fastly.com/documentation/reference/vcl/variables/miscellaneous/req-backend-name
---

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

> **DEPRECATED**

**Available in:** deliver, log, error

Name of the backend for the request, truncated to 255 characters if necessary.
If set, this is always a backend even if req.backend is set to a director.

Use [`beresp.backend.name`](https://www.fastly.com/documentation/reference/vcl/variables/backend-response/beresp-backend-name/) instead.