Answer
Middleware executes sequentially and may process, modify, short-circuit, or delegate requests. Enables flexible, modular pipelines replacing old HttpModules/Handlers.
Quick Answer
The request pipeline is a chain of delegates (middleware). Each middleware can inspect and modify the HttpContext, call next() to continue, or short-circuit. Order is defined in Program.cs. The pipeline processes requests forward and responses backward — response-writing middleware sees the response after all downstream middleware have run.
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