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docs(proxy): clarify the workflow of a client request payload. (#1838) 

Fix #1836
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@ -12,7 +12,10 @@ It can be seen as an extension of those proxies providing authentication functio
and a login portal.
As shown in the following architecture diagram, Authelia is directly connected to
the reverse proxy but never directly connected to application backends.
the reverse proxy but never directly connected to application backends and therefore
the payloads sent by the clients of the protected API will never reach Authelia, only
the authentication pieces will, like the Authorization header for instance. Consequently,
the protected APIs can be a REST, a GraphQL or any other kind of API on top of HTTP.
<p align="center" style="margin:50px">
<img src="../images/archi.png"/>