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@@ -344,3 +344,77 @@ outbound regex. Headers starting with `Camel` / `camel` (case-insensitive), `bre
 component with the rest of the Camel component catalog. Routes that relied on receiving these
 header names on inbound SNS messages can supply a custom `headerFilterStrategy` to restore the
 previous behaviour.
+
+=== camel-cxf
+
+The Exchange header constants in `CxfConstants` (module `camel-cxf-common`, shared
+by `camel-cxf` and `camel-cxfrs`) have been renamed to follow the Camel naming
+convention used across the rest of the component catalog. The Java field names are
+unchanged; only the header string values have changed:
+
+[options="header"]
+|===
+| Constant | Previous value | New value
+| `CxfConstants.OPERATION_NAME` | `operationName` | `CamelCxfOperationName`
+| `CxfConstants.OPERATION_NAMESPACE` | `operationNamespace` | `CamelCxfOperationNamespace`
+|===
+
+Routes that reference the constant symbolically (for example
+`setHeader(CxfConstants.OPERATION_NAME, ...)`) continue to work without changes.
+Routes that set the header by its literal string value (for example
+`setHeader("operationName", ...)`) must be updated to use the new value
+(`setHeader("CamelCxfOperationName", ...)`).
+
+In particular, the documented `cxfrs` `SimpleConsumer` dispatch idiom that routes
+on the operation name by its literal header name must be updated:
+
+[source,java]
+----
+// before
+from("cxfrs:bean:rsServer?bindingStyle=SimpleConsumer")
+    .recipientList(simple("direct:${header.operationName}"));
+
+// after
+from("cxfrs:bean:rsServer?bindingStyle=SimpleConsumer")
+    .recipientList(simple("direct:${header.CamelCxfOperationName}"));
+----
+
+==== Behaviour change: cross-transport propagation of the operation header
+
+Because the renamed header value now begins with `Camel`, it is filtered by the
+standard transport `HeaderFilterStrategy` (`JmsHeaderFilterStrategy`,
+`HttpHeaderFilterStrategy`, etc.) when crossing a transport boundary, by design
+— `Camel*` headers are framework-internal and are not propagated over the wire.
+
+Routes that bridge an external transport (JMS, HTTP, ...) into a `cxf:` producer
+and select the SOAP operation from a header supplied by the sender must
+therefore carry the operation in a non-`Camel`-prefixed application header and
+map it to `CxfConstants.OPERATION_NAME` (`CamelCxfOperationName`) in the route
+between the transport `from` and the `cxf:` `to`:
+
+[source,xml]
+----
+<!-- before -->
+<route>
+    <from uri="jms:queue:bridge.cxf"/>
+    <to uri="cxf://bean:serviceEndpoint"/>
+</route>
+<!-- caller sets the header keyed by the pre-rename value:
+     setHeader("operationName", "greetMe") -->
+
+<!-- after -->
+<route>
+    <from uri="jms:queue:bridge.cxf"/>
+    <setHeader name="CamelCxfOperationName">
+        <simple>${header.operationName}</simple>
+    </setHeader>
+    <to uri="cxf://bean:serviceEndpoint"/>
+</route>
+<!-- caller sets a non-Camel-prefixed application carrier header (any name
+     that is not stripped by the transport HeaderFilterStrategy works);
+     the route restores the CXF operation header after the transport hop. -->
+----
+
+The same pattern applies to HTTP-based bridges (`platform-http`/`jetty`/`netty
+-http`/`http` -> `cxf:`) and any other transport whose default
+`HeaderFilterStrategy` filters `Camel*` headers.