allure-framework · yurkki · Jun 26, 2026
diff --git a/allure-grpc/README.md b/allure-grpc/README.md
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Use this module when your tests call gRPC services and you want method calls, me
 
 - Allure Java 3.x requires Java 17 or newer.
 - This module targets gRPC Java.
-- The current build validates against gRPC Java 1.81.0 and Protobuf Java 4.35.0.
+- The current build validates against gRPC Java 1.82.0 and Protobuf Java 4.35.1.
 
 ## Installation
 
@@ -42,19 +42,22 @@ ManagedChannel channel = ManagedChannelBuilder.forAddress("localhost", 8080)
         .build();
 ```
 
-For advanced capture policy, use the constructor that accepts an HTTP exchange builder customizer:
+Request metadata capture is disabled by default. To enable request and response metadata capture
+and apply redaction rules, use the advanced constructor:
 
 ```java
 ClientInterceptor allure = new AllureGrpc(
         Allure.getLifecycle(),
         true,
         true,
+        true,
         exchange -> exchange.redactHeader("authorization")
 );
 ```
 
 ## Report Output
 
 - gRPC method calls as Allure steps.
-- Request and response messages, metadata, status, and timing.
+- Request and response messages, status, and timing.
+- Optional request and response metadata when enabled through constructor flags.
 - Stream metadata for unary and streaming calls where available.
diff --git a/allure-grpc/src/main/java/io/qameta/allure/grpc/AllureGrpc.java b/allure-grpc/src/main/java/io/qameta/allure/grpc/AllureGrpc.java
@@ -83,14 +83,15 @@ public class AllureGrpc implements ClientInterceptor {
 
     private final AllureLifecycle lifecycle;
     private final boolean markStepFailedOnNonZeroCode;
+    private final boolean interceptRequestMetadata;
     private final boolean interceptResponseMetadata;
     private final Consumer<HttpExchange.Builder> exchangeCustomizer;
 
     /**
      * Creates an Allure grpc with default configuration.
      */
     public AllureGrpc() {
-        this(Allure.getLifecycle(), true, false);
+        this(Allure.getLifecycle(), true, false, false);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -104,25 +105,72 @@ public AllureGrpc(
                       final AllureLifecycle lifecycle,
                       final boolean markStepFailedOnNonZeroCode,
                       final boolean interceptResponseMetadata) {
-        this(lifecycle, markStepFailedOnNonZeroCode, interceptResponseMetadata, builder -> {
-        });
+        this(lifecycle, markStepFailedOnNonZeroCode, false, interceptResponseMetadata);
     }
 
     /**
      * Creates an Allure grpc with the supplied values.
      *
      * @param lifecycle the Allure lifecycle to use
      * @param markStepFailedOnNonZeroCode the mark step failed on non zero code
+     * @param interceptRequestMetadata the intercept request metadata
+     * @param interceptResponseMetadata the intercept response metadata
+     */
+    public AllureGrpc(
+                      final AllureLifecycle lifecycle,
+                      final boolean markStepFailedOnNonZeroCode,
+                      final boolean interceptRequestMetadata,
+                      final boolean interceptResponseMetadata) {
+        this(
+                lifecycle,
+                markStepFailedOnNonZeroCode,
+                interceptRequestMetadata,
+                interceptResponseMetadata,
+                builder -> {
+                }
+        );
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Creates an Allure grpc with the supplied values.
+     *
+     * @param lifecycle the Allure lifecycle to use
+     * @param markStepFailedOnNonZeroCode the mark step failed on non zero code
+     * @param interceptResponseMetadata the intercept response metadata
+     * @param exchangeCustomizer the HTTP exchange builder customizer
+     */
+    public AllureGrpc(
+                      final AllureLifecycle lifecycle,
+                      final boolean markStepFailedOnNonZeroCode,
+                      final boolean interceptResponseMetadata,
+                      final Consumer<HttpExchange.Builder> exchangeCustomizer) {
+        this(
+                lifecycle,
+                markStepFailedOnNonZeroCode,
+                false,
+                interceptResponseMetadata,
+                exchangeCustomizer
+        );
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Creates an Allure grpc with the supplied values.
+     *
+     * @param lifecycle the Allure lifecycle to use
+     * @param markStepFailedOnNonZeroCode the mark step failed on non zero code
+     * @param interceptRequestMetadata the intercept request metadata
      * @param interceptResponseMetadata the intercept response metadata
      * @param exchangeCustomizer the HTTP exchange builder customizer
      */
     public AllureGrpc(
                       final AllureLifecycle lifecycle,
                       final boolean markStepFailedOnNonZeroCode,
+                      final boolean interceptRequestMetadata,
                       final boolean interceptResponseMetadata,
                       final Consumer<HttpExchange.Builder> exchangeCustomizer) {
         this.lifecycle = lifecycle;
         this.markStepFailedOnNonZeroCode = markStepFailedOnNonZeroCode;
+        this.interceptRequestMetadata = interceptRequestMetadata;
         this.interceptResponseMetadata = interceptResponseMetadata;
         this.exchangeCustomizer = exchangeCustomizer == null ? builder -> {
         } : exchangeCustomizer;
@@ -143,6 +191,7 @@ public <T, R> ClientCall<T, R> interceptCall(
         final long start = System.currentTimeMillis();
         final List<String> clientMessages = new ArrayList<>();
         final List<String> serverMessages = new ArrayList<>();
+        final Map<String, String> capturedRequestHeaders = new LinkedHashMap<>();
         final Map<String, String> initialHeaders = new LinkedHashMap<>();
         final Map<String, String> trailers = new LinkedHashMap<>();
         final String authority = channel.authority();
@@ -164,6 +213,7 @@ public <T, R> ClientCall<T, R> interceptCall(
         ) {
             @Override
             public void start(final Listener<R> responseListener, final Metadata requestHeaders) {
+                handleRequestHeaders(requestHeaders, capturedRequestHeaders);
                 final Listener<R> forwardingListener = new ForwardingClientCallListener<R>() {
                     @Override
                     protected Listener<R> delegate() {
@@ -184,7 +234,7 @@ public void onMessage(final R message) {
 
                     @Override
                     public void onClose(final io.grpc.Status status, final Metadata responseTrailers) {
-                        handleClose(status, responseTrailers, stepContext);
+                        handleClose(status, responseTrailers, stepContext, capturedRequestHeaders);
                         super.onClose(status, responseTrailers);
                     }
                 };
@@ -202,12 +252,13 @@ public void sendMessage(final T message) {
     private void handleClose(
                              final io.grpc.Status status,
                              final Metadata responseTrailers,
-                             final StepContext<?, ?> stepContext) {
+                             final StepContext<?, ?> stepContext,
+                             final Map<String, String> requestHeaders) {
         try {
             if (interceptResponseMetadata && responseTrailers != null) {
-                copyAsciiResponseMetadata(responseTrailers, stepContext.getTrailers());
+                copyAsciiMetadata(responseTrailers, stepContext.getTrailers());
             }
-            attachExchange(stepContext, status);
+            attachExchange(stepContext, status, requestHeaders);
             stepContext.getLifecycle().updateStep(
                     stepContext.getStepUuid(),
                     step -> step.setStatus(convertStatus(status))
@@ -226,13 +277,23 @@ private void handleClose(
     private void handleHeaders(final Metadata headers, final Map<String, String> destination) {
         try {
             if (interceptResponseMetadata && headers != null) {
-                copyAsciiResponseMetadata(headers, destination);
+                copyAsciiMetadata(headers, destination);
             }
         } catch (Throwable throwable) {
             LOGGER.warn("Failed to capture response headers", throwable);
         }
     }
 
+    private void handleRequestHeaders(final Metadata headers, final Map<String, String> destination) {
+        try {
+            if (interceptRequestMetadata && headers != null) {
+                copyAsciiMetadata(headers, destination);
+            }
+        } catch (Throwable throwable) {
+            LOGGER.warn("Failed to capture request headers", throwable);
+        }
+    }
+
     private <T> void handleClientMessage(final T message, final List<String> destination) {
         try {
             destination.add(GRPC_TO_JSON_PRINTER.print((MessageOrBuilder) message));
@@ -253,10 +314,14 @@ private <R> void handleServerMessage(final R message, final List<String> destina
         }
     }
 
-    private void attachExchange(final StepContext<?, ?> stepContext, final io.grpc.Status status) {
+    private void attachExchange(
+                                final StepContext<?, ?> stepContext,
+                                final io.grpc.Status status,
+                                final Map<String, String> requestHeaders) {
         final HttpExchangeRequest request = buildRequest(
                 stepContext.getMethodDescriptor(),
                 stepContext.getClientMessages(),
+                requestHeaders,
                 stepContext.getAuthority()
         );
         final HttpExchangeResponse response = buildResponse(
@@ -283,6 +348,7 @@ private HttpExchange.Builder exchangeBuilder(final HttpExchangeRequest request)
     private HttpExchangeRequest buildRequest(
                                              final MethodDescriptor<?, ?> methodDescriptor,
                                              final List<String> clientMessages,
+                                             final Map<String, String> requestHeaders,
                                              final String authority) {
         final HttpExchangeRequest.Builder builder = HttpExchangeRequest.builder(
                 HTTP_METHOD,
@@ -294,6 +360,9 @@ private HttpExchangeRequest buildRequest(
         if (authority != null) {
             builder.addHeader(":authority", authority);
         }
+        if (interceptRequestMetadata) {
+            requestHeaders.forEach(builder::addHeader);
+        }
         return builder
                 .setBody(toHttpBody(clientMessages, isRequestStreaming(methodDescriptor.getType())))
                 .build();
@@ -429,9 +498,9 @@ private static boolean isResponseStreaming(final MethodDescriptor.MethodType met
                 || methodType == MethodDescriptor.MethodType.BIDI_STREAMING;
     }
 
-    private static void copyAsciiResponseMetadata(
-                                                  final Metadata source,
-                                                  final Map<String, String> target) {
+    private static void copyAsciiMetadata(
+                                          final Metadata source,
+                                          final Map<String, String> target) {
         for (String key : source.keys()) {
             if (key == null) {
                 continue;

diff --git a/allure-grpc/src/test/java/io/qameta/allure/grpc/AllureGrpcTest.java b/allure-grpc/src/test/java/io/qameta/allure/grpc/AllureGrpcTest.java
@@ -17,8 +17,14 @@
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
+import io.grpc.CallOptions;
+import io.grpc.Channel;
+import io.grpc.ClientCall;
+import io.grpc.ForwardingClientCall;
 import io.grpc.ManagedChannel;
 import io.grpc.ManagedChannelBuilder;
+import io.grpc.Metadata;
+import io.grpc.MethodDescriptor;
 import io.grpc.Status;
 import io.grpc.StatusRuntimeException;
 import io.grpc.stub.StreamObserver;
@@ -56,6 +62,7 @@ class AllureGrpcTest {
 
     private static final String RESPONSE_MESSAGE = "Hello world!";
     private static final String GRPC_EXCHANGE = "gRPC exchange";
+    private static final Metadata.Key<String> REQUEST_ID_HEADER = Metadata.Key.of("x-request-id", Metadata.ASCII_STRING_MARSHALLER);
     private static final ObjectMapper JSON = new ObjectMapper();
 
     private ManagedChannel managedChannel;
@@ -318,6 +325,42 @@ void unaryRequestBodyIsCapturedAsJsonObject() throws Exception {
         assertThat(exchange.at("/request/body/contentType").asText()).isEqualTo("application/grpc+json");
     }
 
+    @Test
+    void unaryRequestMetadataIsCapturedWhenEnabled() throws Exception {
+        Request request = Request.newBuilder().setTopic("topic-with-metadata").build();
+        Metadata requestHeaders = new Metadata();
+        requestHeaders.put(REQUEST_ID_HEADER, "request-42");
+
+        AllureResults allureResults = executeUnaryWithMetadata(
+                request,
+                requestHeaders,
+                true
+        );
+
+        JsonNode exchange = readGrpcExchangeAttachment(allureResults);
+
+        assertThat(findValueByName(exchange.at("/request/headers"), REQUEST_ID_HEADER.name()))
+                .contains("request-42");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void unaryRequestMetadataIsNotCapturedWhenDisabled() throws Exception {
+        Request request = Request.newBuilder().setTopic("topic-without-metadata").build();
+        Metadata requestHeaders = new Metadata();
+        requestHeaders.put(REQUEST_ID_HEADER, "request-42");
+
+        AllureResults allureResults = executeUnaryWithMetadata(
+                request,
+                requestHeaders,
+                false
+        );
+
+        JsonNode exchange = readGrpcExchangeAttachment(allureResults);
+
+        assertThat(findValueByName(exchange.at("/request/headers"), REQUEST_ID_HEADER.name()))
+                .isEmpty();
+    }
+
     @Test
     void unaryResponseBodyIsCapturedAsJsonObject() throws Exception {
         GrpcMock.stubFor(
@@ -473,4 +516,53 @@ protected final AllureResults executeUnaryExpectingException(Request request) {
         );
     }
 
+    protected final AllureResults executeUnaryWithMetadata(
+                                                           final Request request,
+                                                           final Metadata requestHeaders,
+                                                           final boolean interceptRequestMetadata) {
+        return Allure.step(
+                "Execute unary gRPC request with custom metadata and collect Allure results",
+                () -> runWithinTestContext(() -> {
+                    try {
+                        AllureGrpc interceptor = new RequestMetadataAllureGrpc(
+                                requestHeaders,
+                                interceptRequestMetadata
+                        );
+                        TestServiceGrpc.TestServiceBlockingStub stub = TestServiceGrpc.newBlockingStub(managedChannel)
+                                .withInterceptors(interceptor);
+                        Response response = stub.calculate(request);
+                        assertThat(response.getMessage()).isEqualTo(RESPONSE_MESSAGE);
+                    } catch (Exception exception) {
+                        throw new RuntimeException("Could not execute request " + request, exception);
+                    }
+                })
+        );
+    }
+
+    private static final class RequestMetadataAllureGrpc extends AllureGrpc {
+
+        private final Metadata requestHeaders;
+
+        RequestMetadataAllureGrpc(final Metadata requestHeaders, final boolean interceptRequestMetadata) {
+            super(Allure.getLifecycle(), true, interceptRequestMetadata, false);
+            this.requestHeaders = new Metadata();
+            this.requestHeaders.merge(requestHeaders);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public <ReqT, RespT> ClientCall<ReqT, RespT> interceptCall(
+                                                                   final MethodDescriptor<ReqT, RespT> method,
+                                                                   final CallOptions callOptions,
+                                                                   final Channel next) {
+            final ClientCall<ReqT, RespT> delegate = super.interceptCall(method, callOptions, next);
+            return new ForwardingClientCall.SimpleForwardingClientCall<ReqT, RespT>(delegate) {
+                @Override
+                public void start(final Listener<RespT> responseListener, final Metadata headers) {
+                    headers.merge(requestHeaders);
+                    super.start(responseListener, headers);
+                }
+            };
+        }
+    }
+
 }