"x_forwarded_for" value is always empty in Order object.

[ytorbyk]

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Preconditions

1. This scenario i quiet difficult to reproduce since $_SERVER['HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR'] must be available.

Steps to reproduce

1. Place any order

Expected result

1. "x_forwarded_for" field must contain that value from $_SERVER['HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR']

Actual result

1. "x_forwarded_for" field is always empty

Thoughts

I've tried to find out why it happens.
I found that this field is never set directly to order. It could be copied from quote during conversion quote to order. However quote does't have such field in DB. The field is set to quote each time the quote is got from checkout session.
https://github.com/magento/magento2/blob/develop/app/code/Magento/Checkout/Model/Session.php#L280
But on order placement process quote is got not from session but from DB.
https://github.com/magento/magento2/blob/develop/app/code/Magento/Quote/Model/QuoteManagement.php#L325

[veloraven]

@ytorbyk thank you for your report.
Please, update formatting of this issue as it is hard to read now.
Please, also identify which version of Magento you are running.

[ytorbyk]

@veloraven I apologize for the issue format. It's already updated.

[Silarn]

I guess #8203 is a duplicate of this. For some reason I didn't come up with this issue when I did a search initially. I diagnosed basically the same reasons for the problem and possible fixes. However there's also some incompatibilities with IPv6 addresses that should be addressed.

[zack6849]

Did anything ever come of this bug report?