Fix utf8 headers

httpx/_client.py

@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ class BaseClient:
 
         self._auth = self._build_auth(auth)
         self._params = QueryParams(params)
-        self.headers = Headers(headers)
+        self.headers = Headers(headers, encoding=default_encoding)
         self._cookies = Cookies(cookies)
         self._timeout = Timeout(timeout)
         self.follow_redirects = follow_redirects

httpx/_models.py

@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ class Headers(typing.MutableMapping[str, str]):
         return split_values
 
     def update(self, headers: HeaderTypes | None = None) -> None:  # type: ignore
-        headers = Headers(headers)
+        headers = Headers(headers, encoding=self.encoding)
         for key in headers.keys():
             if key in self:
                 self.pop(key)

tests/client/test_headers.py

@@ -291,3 +291,26 @@ def test_is_not_https_redirect_if_not_default_ports():
     headers = client._redirect_headers(request, url, "GET")
 
     assert "Authorization" not in headers
+
+
+def test_utf8_header():
+    """
+    Set a header in the Client.
+    """
+    url = "http://example.org/echo_headers"
+    headers = {"Example-Header": "заголовок"}
+
+    client = httpx.Client(transport=httpx.MockTransport(echo_headers), headers=headers)
+    response = client.get(url)
+
+    assert response.status_code == 200
+    assert response.json() == {
+        "headers": {
+            "accept": "*/*",
+            "accept-encoding": "gzip, deflate, br, zstd",
+            "connection": "keep-alive",
+            "example-header": "заголовок",
+            "host": "example.org",
+            "user-agent": f"python-httpx/{httpx.__version__}",
+        }
+    }