diff --git a/.changeset/thirty-meals-invent.md b/.changeset/thirty-meals-invent.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..59a2e5a3ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/thirty-meals-invent.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"gradio": minor
+---
+
+feat:Forward visitor requests when lazily caching examples
diff --git a/gradio/helpers.py b/gradio/helpers.py
index 1f5885045f..55c7c43297 100644
--- a/gradio/helpers.py
+++ b/gradio/helpers.py
@@ -366,9 +366,9 @@ def load_example_input(example_tuple):
                     processed_example = self._get_processed_example(example_value)
                     return utils.resolve_singleton(processed_example)
 
-                def load_example_output(example_tuple):
+                def load_example_output(example_tuple, request: routes.Request):
                     example_id, _ = example_tuple
-                    cached_outputs = self.load_from_cache(example_id)
+                    cached_outputs = self.load_from_cache(example_id, request)
                     return utils.resolve_singleton(cached_outputs)
 
                 self.cache_event = self.load_input_event = self.dataset.click(
@@ -509,11 +509,16 @@ async def _start_caching(self):
         if self.cache_examples is True:
             await self.cache()
 
-    async def cache(self, example_id: int | None = None) -> None:
+    async def cache(
+        self,
+        example_id: int | None = None,
+        request: routes.Request | None = None,
+    ) -> None:
         """
         Caches examples so that their predictions can be shown immediately.
         Parameters:
             example_id: The id of the example to process (zero-indexed). If None, all examples are cached.
+            request: The request that triggered lazy caching, if any.
         """
         if self.root_block is None:
             raise Error("Cannot cache examples if not in a Blocks context.")
@@ -560,7 +565,7 @@ async def cache(self, example_id: int | None = None) -> None:
                     prediction = await self.root_block.process_api(
                         block_fn=self.root_block.default_config.fns[fn_index],
                         inputs=processed_input,
-                        request=None,
+                        request=request,
                         in_event_listener=self.cache_examples != "lazy",
                     )
                 output = prediction["data"]
@@ -579,14 +584,19 @@ async def cache(self, example_id: int | None = None) -> None:
             # Remove the "fake_event" to prevent bugs in loading interfaces from spaces
             self.root_block.default_config.fns.pop(fn_index)
 
-    def load_from_cache(self, example_id: int) -> list[Any]:
+    def load_from_cache(
+        self,
+        example_id: int,
+        request: routes.Request | None = None,
+    ) -> list[Any]:
         """Loads a particular cached example for the interface.
         Parameters:
             example_id: The id of the example to process (zero-indexed).
+            request: The request that triggered lazy caching, if any.
         """
         cached_index = self._get_cached_index_if_cached(example_id)
         if cached_index is None:
-            client_utils.synchronize_async(self.cache, example_id)
+            client_utils.synchronize_async(self.cache, example_id, request)
             with open(self.cached_indices_file) as f:
                 cached_index = len(f.readlines()) - 1
 
diff --git a/test/test_helpers.py b/test/test_helpers.py
index b7ad2d3aa4..e9e30aac24 100644
--- a/test/test_helpers.py
+++ b/test/test_helpers.py
@@ -673,6 +673,33 @@ def image_identity(image, string):
         data = response.json()["data"]
         assert data[0]["path"].endswith("image.webp")
 
+    def test_lazy_cache_examples_preserves_request(self, patched_cache_folder):
+        def get_ip_token(value, request: gr.Request):
+            return request.headers.get("x-ip-token") if request else None
+
+        with gr.Blocks() as demo:
+            text = gr.Textbox()
+            output = gr.Textbox()
+            gr.Examples(
+                examples=["hello"],
+                inputs=text,
+                outputs=output,
+                fn=get_ip_token,
+                cache_examples=True,
+                cache_mode="lazy",
+                api_name="load_example",
+            )
+
+        app = routes.App.create_app(demo)
+        with TestClient(app) as client:
+            response = client.post(
+                f"{API_PREFIX}/api/load_example/",
+                json={"data": [0]},
+                headers={"x-ip-token": "visitor-token"},
+            )
+
+        assert response.json()["data"] == ["visitor-token"]
+
 
 def test_multiple_file_flagging(tmp_path, connect):
     with patch("gradio.utils.get_cache_folder", return_value=tmp_path):