diff --git a/AGENTS.md b/AGENTS.md
index 23557c5..d36d40e 100644
--- a/AGENTS.md
+++ b/AGENTS.md
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ All of `src/`, namespace `RenzoFranceschini\GuardCore`:
 - `Routing/`: `RouteConfig` (per-route bypasses, rate limits, required headers, auth, time windows) and `RouteResolver` (resolves by `RequestState::$guardRouteId`).
 - `Logging/`: request/suspicious logging with redaction (`LogRedactor`).
 
-Known surface gaps (fail closed or documented, never silently no-op): no route registry on the `GuardEngine` facade (route configs resolve only when a caller wires them), fixed `Too many requests` 429 body (not tunable via `customErrorResponses`), in-process auto-ban violation counters, address-header ssrf exclusion delegated to `logSensitiveHeaders`.
+Known surface gaps (fail closed or documented, never silently no-op): no route registry on the `GuardEngine` facade (route configs resolve only when a caller wires them), fixed `Too many requests` 429 body (not tunable via `customErrorResponses`), in-process auto-ban violation counters.
 
 ## Boundary Rules
 
diff --git a/examples/advanced_app/src/config.php b/examples/advanced_app/src/config.php
index 661a969..b91850c 100644
--- a/examples/advanced_app/src/config.php
+++ b/examples/advanced_app/src/config.php
@@ -35,17 +35,6 @@ function advanced_int_env(string $key, int $fallback): int
     return (int) $raw;
 }
 
-/** Address headers the Python engine skips when scanning for ssrf patterns. */
-function advanced_address_headers(): array
-{
-    return [
-        'host', 'origin', 'via', 'x-forwarded-for', 'x-forwarded-host',
-        'x-forwarded-proto', 'x-real-ip', 'x-client-ip', 'x-cluster-client-ip',
-        'cf-connecting-ip', 'true-client-ip', 'fly-client-ip',
-        'x-envoy-external-address',
-    ];
-}
-
 function advanced_config(): SecurityConfig
 {
     return new SecurityConfig(
@@ -82,9 +71,9 @@ function advanced_config(): SecurityConfig
         ],
         // Detection: every category, default detector tuning.
         enablePenetrationDetection: true,
-        // See advanced_address_headers() above: without this, nginx's
-        // forwarded headers get flagged as ssrf attempts.
-        logSensitiveHeaders: advanced_address_headers(),
+        // The engine skips the ssrf category for nginx's forwarded headers
+        // (host, x-forwarded-for, x-real-ip, ...) by default; use
+        // excludedDetectionHeaders for your own address-carrying headers.
         // Edge filters.
         blockedUserAgents: ['badbot', 'evil-crawler', 'sqlmap'],
         blockCloudProviders: advanced_split_csv(getenv('BLOCK_CLOUD_PROVIDERS') ?: ''),
diff --git a/examples/simple_app/README.md b/examples/simple_app/README.md
index 6b279a2..c726e9c 100644
--- a/examples/simple_app/README.md
+++ b/examples/simple_app/README.md
@@ -62,13 +62,7 @@ curl -i http://localhost:8080/
 
 ## A note on address headers
 
-The Python engine skips ssrf scanning for address headers (`host`,
-`x-forwarded-for`, `x-real-ip`, ...) automatically. This PHP port does not
-apply that built-in exclusion yet and has no dedicated excluded-detection-
-headers knob; it does skip headers listed in `logSensitiveHeaders` during
-detection scanning, so `index.php` routes the address headers through that
-field. Without it, a plain `Host: localhost` request is flagged as an ssrf
-attempt.
+The engine skips the `ssrf` category for the proxy identity headers (`host`, `x-forwarded-for`, `x-real-ip`, `cf-connecting-ip`, `forwarded`, ...) by default, so a plain `Host: localhost` request is not flagged and `index.php` needs no workaround. Every other category still scans those headers. Pass `excludedDetectionHeaders` to extend the set with your own address-carrying headers, and `excludedSemanticDetectionHeaders` to keep a header out of the semantic analyzer only.
 
 ## Configuration knobs demonstrated
 
diff --git a/examples/simple_app/index.php b/examples/simple_app/index.php
index e744a9c..2d0c965 100644
--- a/examples/simple_app/index.php
+++ b/examples/simple_app/index.php
@@ -26,18 +26,6 @@
 
 require __DIR__ . '/../../vendor/autoload.php';
 
-// Address headers the Python engine skips when scanning for ssrf patterns.
-// This port has no dedicated excluded-detection-headers knob yet; it does
-// skip headers listed in logSensitiveHeaders during detection scanning, so
-// we route the address headers through it. Without this, a plain
-// "Host: localhost" request is flagged as an ssrf attempt.
-const ADDRESS_HEADERS = [
-    'host', 'origin', 'via', 'x-forwarded-for', 'x-forwarded-host',
-    'x-forwarded-proto', 'x-real-ip', 'x-client-ip', 'x-cluster-client-ip',
-    'cf-connecting-ip', 'true-client-ip', 'fly-client-ip',
-    'x-envoy-external-address',
-];
-
 /**
  * Engine holder. Runtimes that keep the process alive across requests
  * (worker mode under FrankenPHP/RoadRunner-style loops) reuse the instance
@@ -73,8 +61,10 @@ function simple_engine(): GuardEngine
     autoBanDuration: 300,
     // Penetration detection: all categories, default thresholds.
     enablePenetrationDetection: true,
-    // See ADDRESS_HEADERS above.
-    logSensitiveHeaders: ADDRESS_HEADERS,
+    // The engine already skips the ssrf category for the proxy identity
+    // headers (host, x-forwarded-for, x-real-ip, ...), so no header opt-out
+    // is needed here. Add excludedDetectionHeaders for your own
+    // address-carrying headers.
     // Blocked user agents (regex patterns).
     blockedUserAgents: ['badbot', 'evil-crawler', 'sqlmap'],
     // Custom block bodies, keyed by status code.