feat: add event.isSubRequest (#10170)

.changeset/small-ears-heal.md

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@sveltejs/kit': minor
+---
+
+feat: add `event.isSubRequest` boolean indicating whether this is a call to one of the app's own APIs during SSR (or prerendering)

packages/kit/src/exports/public.d.ts

@@ -1017,6 +1017,10 @@ export interface RequestEvent<
 	 * related to the data request in this case. Use this property instead if the distinction is important to you.
 	 */
 	isDataRequest: boolean;
+	/**
+	 * `true` for `+server.js` calls coming from SvelteKit without the overhead of actually making an HTTP request. This happens when you make same-origin `fetch` requests on the server.
+	 */
+	isSubRequest: boolean;
 }
 
 /**

packages/kit/src/runtime/server/respond.js

@@ -169,7 +169,8 @@ export async function respond(request, options, manifest, state) {
 			}
 		},
 		url,
-		isDataRequest: is_data_request
+		isDataRequest: is_data_request,
+		isSubRequest: state.depth > 0
 	};
 
 	/** @type {import('types').RequiredResolveOptions} */

packages/kit/test/apps/basics/src/hooks.server.js

@@ -56,6 +56,15 @@ export const handle = sequence(
 		}
 		return resolve(event);
 	},
+	({ event, resolve }) => {
+		if (
+			event.request.headers.has('host') &&
+			!event.request.headers.has('user-agent') !== event.isSubRequest
+		) {
+			throw new Error('SSR API sub-requests should have isSubRequest set to true');
+		}
+		return resolve(event);
+	},
 	({ event, resolve }) => {
 		if (event.url.pathname.includes('fetch-credentialed')) {
 			// Only get the cookie at the test where we know it's set to avoid polluting our logs with (correct) warnings