diff --git a/nitro.config.ts b/nitro.config.ts
index 805474f..0d9f401 100644
--- a/nitro.config.ts
+++ b/nitro.config.ts
@@ -4,4 +4,22 @@ export default defineConfig({
   serverDir: "./server",
   baseURL: "/base",
   publicAssets: [{ baseURL: "/_dist", dir: "./public/_dist", maxAge: 60 * 60 * 24 * 365 }],
+  routeRules: {
+    "/tests/headers": {
+      headers: {
+        "x-nitro-test": "hello",
+        "x-nitro.test-2": "dotted",
+        "x-nitro-spaced": "hello world from nitro",
+        "x-nitro-long": "a".repeat(1024),
+        "x-nitro-special": "a!#$%&'*+-.^_`|~b",
+        "x-nitro-num": "42",
+      },
+    },
+    "/redirect-source": {
+      redirect: "/base/redirect-target",
+    },
+    "/basic-auth-protected": {
+      basicAuth: { username: "admin", password: "nitrorunseverywhere" },
+    },
+  },
 });
diff --git a/server/routes/basic-auth-protected.ts b/server/routes/basic-auth-protected.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..57fbbf9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/routes/basic-auth-protected.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+import { defineEventHandler } from "nitro/h3";
+
+export default defineEventHandler((event) => {
+  return event.context.basicAuth?.username ?? "no-auth";
+});
diff --git a/server/routes/index.ts b/server/routes/index.ts
index 1dd7e97..1029325 100644
--- a/server/routes/index.ts
+++ b/server/routes/index.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,16 @@ const baseURL = "/base/";
 
 const withBase = (p: string) => baseURL + p.replace(/^\//, "");
 
-const tests = ["api", "form-data", "multipart-form-data", "sourcemap"];
+const tests = [
+  "api",
+  "basic-auth",
+  "form-data",
+  "headers",
+  "meta",
+  "multipart-form-data",
+  "redirect",
+  "sourcemap",
+];
 
 const manualTests = ["env", "node-compat", "headers"];
 
diff --git a/server/routes/redirect-target.ts b/server/routes/redirect-target.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b462e5b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/routes/redirect-target.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+import { defineEventHandler } from "nitro/h3";
+
+export default defineEventHandler(() => "REDIRECTED");
diff --git a/server/routes/tests/basic-auth.ts b/server/routes/tests/basic-auth.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c5d3314
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/routes/tests/basic-auth.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+import { defineTestHandler } from "../../utils/test";
+
+// Route rule in nitro.config.ts protects /base/basic-auth-protected with basic auth.
+// The handler echoes `event.context.basicAuth.username`, which is only populated
+// when the basicAuth route rule runs successfully. We avoid triggering a 401
+// response here because browsers show a native auth popup on 401 + WWW-Authenticate.
+export default defineTestHandler(
+  "basic-auth",
+  () => "test-page",
+  async ({ assert }) => {
+    const res = await fetch("/base/basic-auth-protected", {
+      headers: { Authorization: "Basic " + btoa("admin:nitrorunseverywhere") },
+    });
+    assert(res.status === 200, `Expected 200 with valid credentials, got: ${res.status}`);
+    const text = await res.text();
+    assert(text === "admin", `Expected body "admin" (echoed from basicAuth context), got: ${text}`);
+  },
+);
diff --git a/server/routes/tests/headers.ts b/server/routes/tests/headers.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..da27e2f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/routes/tests/headers.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+import { defineTestHandler } from "../../utils/test";
+
+// Route rule in nitro.config.ts sets multiple response headers on this path
+// to exercise name/value edge cases that should work across all providers.
+export default defineTestHandler(
+  "headers",
+  () => "OK",
+  async ({ assert, log }) => {
+    const res = await fetch("");
+
+    const cases: Array<[string, string]> = [
+      // Baseline ASCII
+      ["x-nitro-test", "hello"],
+      // Dots, dashes, digits in the name
+      ["x-nitro.test-2", "dotted"],
+      // Internal spaces in value (legal per RFC 9110)
+      ["x-nitro-spaced", "hello world from nitro"],
+      // Long value (1 KB)
+      ["x-nitro-long", "a".repeat(1024)],
+      // Special-but-legal tchars in value
+      ["x-nitro-special", "a!#$%&'*+-.^_`|~b"],
+      // Numeric-like value
+      ["x-nitro-num", "42"],
+    ];
+
+    for (const [name, expected] of cases) {
+      const actual = res.headers.get(name);
+      log(`${name}: ${actual}`);
+      assert(actual === expected, `Expected ${name}=${expected}, got: ${actual}`);
+    }
+
+    // Case-insensitive lookup must work regardless of how the runtime preserves case.
+    assert(
+      res.headers.get("X-NITRO-TEST") === "hello",
+      "Expected case-insensitive header lookup to work",
+    );
+  },
+);
diff --git a/server/routes/tests/meta.ts b/server/routes/tests/meta.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5874264
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/routes/tests/meta.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+import { version } from "nitro/meta";
+import { defineTestHandler } from "../../utils/test";
+
+export default defineTestHandler(
+  "meta",
+  () => ({ version }),
+  async ({ assert, log }) => {
+    const res = await fetch("").then((r) => r.json());
+    log(`Nitro version: ${res.version}`);
+    assert(
+      typeof res.version === "string" && res.version.length > 0,
+      `Expected non-empty version string, got: ${res.version}`,
+    );
+    assert(/^\d+\.\d+\.\d+/.test(res.version), `Expected semver-like version, got: ${res.version}`);
+  },
+);
diff --git a/server/routes/tests/redirect.ts b/server/routes/tests/redirect.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b282474
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/routes/tests/redirect.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+import { defineTestHandler } from "../../utils/test";
+
+// Route rule in nitro.config.ts redirects /base/redirect-source to /base/redirect-target.
+export default defineTestHandler(
+  "redirect",
+  () => "test-page",
+  async ({ assert }) => {
+    const res = await fetch("/base/redirect-source");
+    const text = await res.text();
+    assert(res.redirected === true, `Expected redirected=true, got: ${res.redirected}`);
+    assert(text === "REDIRECTED", `Expected body "REDIRECTED", got: ${text}`);
+  },
+);