diff --git a/_examples/compression/client-using-iris/main.go b/_examples/compression/client-using-iris/main.go
index 59775aab..65d97131 100644
--- a/_examples/compression/client-using-iris/main.go
+++ b/_examples/compression/client-using-iris/main.go
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ func postExample() {
 	if err != nil {
 		panic(err)
 	}
-	defer cr.Close() // Closes the request body too.
+	defer cr.Close()
 
 	body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(cr)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/_examples/file-server/basic/assets/js/jquery-2.1.1.js b/_examples/file-server/basic/assets/js/main.js
similarity index 100%
rename from _examples/file-server/basic/assets/js/jquery-2.1.1.js
rename to _examples/file-server/basic/assets/js/main.js
diff --git a/_examples/file-server/basic/main_test.go b/_examples/file-server/basic/main_test.go
index d53b1a68..e67ca695 100644
--- a/_examples/file-server/basic/main_test.go
+++ b/_examples/file-server/basic/main_test.go
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ func (r resource) loadFromBase(dir string, strip string) string {
 func TestFileServerBasic(t *testing.T) {
 	urls := []resource{
 		"/v1/static/css/main.css",
-		"/v1/static/js/jquery-2.1.1.js",
+		"/v1/static/js/main.js",
 		"/v1/static/favicon.ico",
 		"/v1/static/app2",
 		"/v1/static/app2/app2app3",
diff --git a/context/compress.go b/context/compress.go
index 440e3eba..ea8f3241 100644
--- a/context/compress.go
+++ b/context/compress.go
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ func NewCompressReader(src io.Reader, encoding string) (*CompressReader, error)
 	case GZIP:
 		rc, err = gzip.NewReader(src)
 	case DEFLATE:
-		rc = &noOpReadCloser{flate.NewReader(src)}
+		rc = flate.NewReader(src)
 	case BROTLI:
 		rc = &noOpReadCloser{brotli.NewReader(src)}
 	case SNAPPY:
diff --git a/iris.go b/iris.go
index 94c7f34e..586572c3 100644
--- a/iris.go
+++ b/iris.go
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 // Version is the current version number of the Iris Web Framework.
-const Version = "12.1.8"
+const Version = "12.2.0"
 
 // Byte unit helpers.
 const (
diff --git a/middleware/requestid/requestid.go b/middleware/requestid/requestid.go
index 103a68a3..9c242454 100644
--- a/middleware/requestid/requestid.go
+++ b/middleware/requestid/requestid.go
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 package requestid
 
 import (
+	"crypto/sha1"
+	"encoding/hex"
+	"net/http/httputil"
+
 	"github.com/kataras/iris/v12/context"
 
 	"github.com/google/uuid"
@@ -10,7 +14,7 @@ func init() {
 	context.SetHandlerName("iris/middleware/requestid.*", "iris.request.id")
 }
 
-const xRequestIDHeaderValue = "X-Request-Id"
+const xRequestIDHeaderKey = "X-Request-Id"
 
 // Generator defines the function which should extract or generate
 // a Request ID. See `DefaultGenerator` and `New` package-level functions.
@@ -23,8 +27,12 @@ type Generator func(ctx *context.Context) string
 //
 // See `Get` package-level function too.
 var DefaultGenerator Generator = func(ctx *context.Context) string {
-	id := ctx.GetHeader(xRequestIDHeaderValue)
+	id := ctx.ResponseWriter().Header().Get(xRequestIDHeaderKey)
+	if id != "" {
+		return id
+	}
 
+	id = ctx.GetHeader(xRequestIDHeaderKey)
 	if id == "" {
 		uid, err := uuid.NewRandom()
 		if err != nil {
@@ -33,12 +41,21 @@ var DefaultGenerator Generator = func(ctx *context.Context) string {
 		}
 
 		id = uid.String()
-		ctx.Header(xRequestIDHeaderValue, id)
 	}
 
+	ctx.Header(xRequestIDHeaderKey, id)
 	return id
 }
 
+// HashGenerator uses the request's hash to generate a fixed-length Request ID.
+// Note that one or many requests may contain the same ID, so it's not unique.
+func HashGenerator(includeBody bool) Generator {
+	return func(ctx *context.Context) string {
+		ctx.Header(xRequestIDHeaderKey, Hash(ctx, includeBody))
+		return DefaultGenerator(ctx)
+	}
+}
+
 // New returns a new request id middleware.
 // It optionally accepts an ID Generator.
 // The Generator can stop the handlers chain with an error or
@@ -81,3 +98,15 @@ func Get(ctx *context.Context) string {
 
 	return ""
 }
+
+// Hash returns the sha1 hash of the request.
+// It does not capture error, instead it returns an empty string.
+func Hash(ctx *context.Context, includeBody bool) string {
+	h := sha1.New()
+	b, err := httputil.DumpRequest(ctx.Request(), includeBody)
+	if err != nil {
+		return ""
+	}
+	h.Write(b)
+	return hex.EncodeToString(h.Sum(nil))
+}