The following table shows how different [URL normalization settings](https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/normalization/settings/) affect request URLs before they pass to other Cloudflare features and to the origin server:

| Incoming URL                 | Normalization type | Normalize incoming URLs | Normalize URLs to origin | URL at Cloudflare's network    | URL passed to origin server    |
| ---------------------------- | ------------------ | ----------------------- | ------------------------ | ------------------------------ | ------------------------------ |
| `www.example.com/hello`      | (any)              | *Off*                   | *Off*                    | `www.example.com/hello`        | `www.example.com/hello`        |
| `www.example.com/hello`      | (any)              | *On*                    | *Off*                    | `www.example.com/hello`        | `www.example.com/hello`        |
| `www.example.com/hello`      | (any)              | *On*                    | *On*                     | `www.example.com/hello`        | `www.example.com/hello`        |
| `example.com/%68ello`        | (any)              | *Off*                   | *Off*                    | `example.com/%68ello`          | `example.com/%68ello`          |
| `example.com/%68ello`        | (any)              | *On*                    | *Off*                    | `example.com/hello`            | `example.com/%68ello`          |
| `example.com/%68ello`        | (any)              | *On*                    | *On*                     | `example.com/hello`            | `example.com/hello`            |
| `example.com/%68ello//pa\th` | *RFC-3986*         | *Off*                   | *Off*                    | `example.com/%68ello//pa\th`   | `example.com/%68ello//pa\th`   |
| `example.com/%68ello//pa\th` | *RFC-3986*         | *On*                    | *Off*                    | `example.com/hello//pa%5Cth`   | `example.com/%68ello//pa\th`   |
| `example.com/%68ello//pa\th` | *RFC-3986*         | *On*                    | *On*                     | `example.com/hello//pa%5Cth`   | `example.com/hello//pa%5Cth`   |
| `example.com/%68ello//pa\th` | *Cloudflare*       | *Off*                   | *Off*                    | `example.com/%68ello//pa\th`   | `example.com/%68ello//pa\th`   |
| `example.com/%68ello//pa\th` | *Cloudflare*       | *On*                    | *Off*                    | `example.com/hello/pa/th`      | `example.com/%68ello//pa\th`   |
| `example.com/%68ello//pa\th` | *Cloudflare*       | *On*                    | *On*                     | `example.com/hello/pa/th`      | `example.com/hello/pa/th`      |
| `example.com/hello//../path` | *RFC-3986*         | *On*                    | *On*                     | `example.com/hello/path`       | `example.com/hello/path`       |
| `example.com/hello//../path` | *Cloudflare*       | *On*                    | *On*                     | `example.com/path`             | `example.com/path`             |
| `example.com/hello/\../path` | *RFC-3986*         | *On*                    | *On*                     | `example.com/hello/%5C../path` | `example.com/hello/%5C../path` |
| `example.com/hello/\../path` | *Cloudflare*       | *On*                    | *On*                     | `example.com/path`             | `example.com/path`             |
