# Why does the AWX HTTP user-agent string contain "(open)"?

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**Tags:** awx\
**Created:** [April 10, 2024, 1:54pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/why-does-the-awx-http-user-agent-string-contain-open/4862 "2024-04-10T13:54:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![jpmens](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/jpmens/32/5543_2.png) [@jpmens](https://forum.ansible.com/u/jpmens)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2024, 1:54pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/why-does-the-awx-http-user-agent-string-contain-open/4862/1 "2024-04-10T13:54:11Z")

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I’m ~~toying~~ writing some slides about AWX Webhook notifications, and notice the transmitted user-agent string contains:

```auto
User-Agent: AWX 23.8.1 (open)

```

I know curiousity killed the cow, but what does the “open” mean? 🙂

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**Author:** ![Klaas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecc23a/32.png) [@Klaas](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Klaas)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2024, 2:10pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/why-does-the-awx-http-user-agent-string-contain-open/4862/2 "2024-04-10T14:10:45Z")

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> <https://github.com/ansible/awx/blob/cc5d4dd119e0210d0a978a15b90c088df4ce869c/awx/main/utils/common.py#L236>

I’d guess it’s based on the fact that redhat includes the license there 🙂 But go ahead and PR it to something better

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**Author:** ![Denney-tech](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/denney-tech/32/1556_2.png) [@Denney-tech](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Denney-tech)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2024, 3:03pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/why-does-the-awx-http-user-agent-string-contain-open/4862/3 "2024-04-10T15:03:00Z")

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Yeah, it’s definitely related to the licensing. You can actually trick AWX into running in AAP mode, even though the UI and other stuff will be completely broken, by creating an empty license file where the official one would get installed. I imagine the header would change to reflect that mode switch.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/original/1X/1882d9a01da5d8996a862359b0913cc568a39b84.svg) [@system](https://forum.ansible.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2024, 3:03pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/why-does-the-awx-http-user-agent-string-contain-open/4862/4 "2024-05-10T15:03:55Z")

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