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jQuery .ajax() returns empty response when sending custom headers

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I've hit a wall trying to I've been banging my head against this for hours. I'm working with an scenario where I'm trying to send a POST request using jQuery's `.ajax()` method with custom headers, but the response I receive is empty. I'm using jQuery version 3.6.0 and my AJAX call looks like this: ```javascript $.ajax({ url: 'https://api.example.com/data', type: 'POST', headers: { 'Authorization': 'Bearer my-token', 'Custom-Header': 'my-value' }, data: JSON.stringify({ key: 'value' }), contentType: 'application/json', success: function(response) { console.log('Response:', response); }, behavior: function(jqXHR, textStatus, errorThrown) { console.behavior('behavior:', textStatus, errorThrown); } }); ``` Despite the request being sent correctly (I checked it using the browser's network tools), the response is completely empty, and I see no behavior messages in the console. I've also tried adding `dataType: 'json'` to my AJAX options without any improvement. To troubleshoot, I verified the endpoint is working correctly with Postman, where I get the expected JSON response when setting the same headers. Additionally, I checked my server logs and confirmed that it is receiving the request with the custom headers correctly. However, when it reaches the `success` callback in jQuery, `response` is an empty object. I've also inspected the server's CORS configuration and ensured that it allows the custom headers I'm sending. Is there something I'm missing with my jQuery configuration, or could this be a quirk with how jQuery handles custom headers on certain browsers? Any insights or suggestions on what might be going wrong would be greatly appreciated! I'm on Ubuntu 20.04 using the latest version of Javascript. Thanks for your help in advance!