From 9f05d82ba27b02ee39a8a2a8f1233ff7c57b299a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Amishi Kaushal <amishiii005@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2026 12:38:10 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Clarify usage of middleware for X-Request-ID request tracing

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 docs/en/docs/tutorial/middleware.md | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/en/docs/tutorial/middleware.md b/docs/en/docs/tutorial/middleware.md
index 123ce3a683..636053bada 100644
--- a/docs/en/docs/tutorial/middleware.md
+++ b/docs/en/docs/tutorial/middleware.md
@@ -59,6 +59,9 @@ For example, you could add a custom header `X-Process-Time` containing the time
 
 {* ../../docs_src/middleware/tutorial001_py310.py hl[10,12:13] *}
 
+Middleware can also be used to add request tracing headers such as `X-Request-ID`. This is commonly used in production systems to uniquely identify and track requests across multiple services for debugging and observability.
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+
 /// tip
 
 Here we use <a href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/time.html#time.perf_counter" class="external-link" target="_blank">`time.perf_counter()`</a> instead of `time.time()` because it can be more precise for these use cases. 🤓