diff --git a/.changeset/gentle-ears-pay.md b/.changeset/gentle-ears-pay.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e6108bde2f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/gentle-ears-pay.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@effect/platform": patch
+---
+
+accept Headers.Input in HttpServerResponse constructors
diff --git a/.changeset/gold-seals-suffer.md b/.changeset/gold-seals-suffer.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6358a759c15
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/gold-seals-suffer.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@effect/platform": patch
+---
+
+add HttpServerResponse.redirect api
diff --git a/packages/platform/src/HttpServerResponse.ts b/packages/platform/src/HttpServerResponse.ts
index 283de3adf0d..67a1773d37b 100644
--- a/packages/platform/src/HttpServerResponse.ts
+++ b/packages/platform/src/HttpServerResponse.ts
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ export interface HttpServerResponse extends Effect.Effect<HttpServerResponse>, I
 export interface Options {
   readonly status?: number | undefined
   readonly statusText?: string | undefined
-  readonly headers?: Headers.Headers | undefined
+  readonly headers?: Headers.Input | undefined
   readonly cookies?: Cookies | undefined
   readonly contentType?: string | undefined
   readonly contentLength?: number | undefined
@@ -84,6 +84,13 @@ export const isServerResponse: (u: unknown) => u is HttpServerResponse = interna
  */
 export const empty: (options?: Options.WithContent | undefined) => HttpServerResponse = internal.empty
 
+/**
+ * @since 1.0.0
+ * @category constructors
+ */
+export const redirect: (location: string, options?: Options.WithContentType | undefined) => HttpServerResponse =
+  internal.redirect
+
 /**
  * @since 1.0.0
  * @category constructors
diff --git a/packages/platform/src/internal/httpPlatform.ts b/packages/platform/src/internal/httpPlatform.ts
index 394a81b727b..3194524be0e 100644
--- a/packages/platform/src/internal/httpPlatform.ts
+++ b/packages/platform/src/internal/httpPlatform.ts
@@ -49,7 +49,11 @@ export const make = (impl: {
           Effect.map(({ etag, info }) => {
             const start = Number(options?.offset ?? 0)
             const end = options?.bytesToRead !== undefined ? start + Number(options.bytesToRead) : undefined
-            const headers = Headers.set(options?.headers ?? Headers.empty, "etag", Etag.toString(etag))
+            const headers = Headers.set(
+              options?.headers ? Headers.fromInput(options.headers) : Headers.empty,
+              "etag",
+              Etag.toString(etag)
+            )
             if (info.mtime._tag === "Some") {
               ;(headers as any)["last-modified"] = info.mtime.value.toUTCString()
             }
@@ -69,7 +73,7 @@ export const make = (impl: {
       fileWebResponse(file, options) {
         return Effect.map(etagGen.fromFileWeb(file), (etag) => {
           const headers = Headers.merge(
-            options?.headers ?? Headers.empty,
+            options?.headers ? Headers.fromInput(options.headers) : Headers.empty,
             Headers.unsafeFromRecord({
               etag: Etag.toString(etag),
               "last-modified": new Date(file.lastModified).toUTCString()
diff --git a/packages/platform/src/internal/httpServerResponse.ts b/packages/platform/src/internal/httpServerResponse.ts
index 0d652f0b239..ec7a414fbd1 100644
--- a/packages/platform/src/internal/httpServerResponse.ts
+++ b/packages/platform/src/internal/httpServerResponse.ts
@@ -91,36 +91,60 @@ export const empty = (options?: ServerResponse.Options.WithContent | undefined):
   new ServerResponseImpl(
     options?.status ?? 204,
     options?.statusText,
-    options?.headers ?? Headers.empty,
+    options?.headers ? Headers.fromInput(options.headers) : Headers.empty,
     options?.cookies ?? Cookies.empty,
     internalBody.empty
   )
 
+/** @internal */
+export const redirect = (
+  location: string,
+  options?: ServerResponse.Options.WithContentType | undefined
+): ServerResponse.HttpServerResponse => {
+  const headers = Headers.unsafeFromRecord({ location })
+  return new ServerResponseImpl(
+    options?.status ?? 301,
+    options?.statusText,
+    options?.headers ?
+      Headers.merge(
+        headers,
+        Headers.fromInput(options.headers)
+      ) :
+      headers,
+    options?.cookies ?? Cookies.empty,
+    internalBody.empty
+  )
+}
+
 /** @internal */
 export const uint8Array = (
   body: Uint8Array,
   options?: ServerResponse.Options.WithContentType
-): ServerResponse.HttpServerResponse =>
-  new ServerResponseImpl(
+): ServerResponse.HttpServerResponse => {
+  const headers = options?.headers ? Headers.fromInput(options.headers) : Headers.empty
+  return new ServerResponseImpl(
     options?.status ?? 200,
     options?.statusText,
-    options?.headers ?? Headers.empty,
+    headers,
     options?.cookies ?? Cookies.empty,
-    internalBody.uint8Array(body, getContentType(options))
+    internalBody.uint8Array(body, getContentType(options, headers))
   )
+}
 
 /** @internal */
 export const text = (
   body: string,
   options?: ServerResponse.Options.WithContentType
-): ServerResponse.HttpServerResponse =>
-  new ServerResponseImpl(
+): ServerResponse.HttpServerResponse => {
+  const headers = options?.headers ? Headers.fromInput(options.headers) : Headers.empty
+  return new ServerResponseImpl(
     options?.status ?? 200,
     options?.statusText,
-    options?.headers ?? Headers.empty,
+    headers,
     options?.cookies ?? Cookies.empty,
-    internalBody.text(body, getContentType(options))
+    internalBody.text(body, getContentType(options, headers))
   )
+}
 
 /** @internal */
 export const html: {
@@ -177,7 +201,7 @@ export const json = (
     new ServerResponseImpl(
       options?.status ?? 200,
       options?.statusText,
-      options?.headers ?? Headers.empty,
+      options?.headers ? Headers.fromInput(options.headers) : Headers.empty,
       options?.cookies ?? Cookies.empty,
       body
     ))
@@ -190,7 +214,7 @@ export const unsafeJson = (
   new ServerResponseImpl(
     options?.status ?? 200,
     options?.statusText,
-    options?.headers ?? Headers.empty,
+    options?.headers ? Headers.fromInput(options.headers) : Headers.empty,
     options?.cookies ?? Cookies.empty,
     internalBody.unsafeJson(body)
   )
@@ -209,7 +233,7 @@ export const schemaJson = <A, I, R>(
       new ServerResponseImpl(
         options?.status ?? 200,
         options?.statusText,
-        options?.headers ?? Headers.empty,
+        options?.headers ? Headers.fromInput(options.headers) : Headers.empty,
         options?.cookies ?? Cookies.empty,
         body
       ))
@@ -245,7 +269,7 @@ export const urlParams = (
   new ServerResponseImpl(
     options?.status ?? 200,
     options?.statusText,
-    options?.headers ?? Headers.empty,
+    options?.headers ? Headers.fromInput(options.headers) : Headers.empty,
     options?.cookies ?? Cookies.empty,
     internalBody.text(UrlParams.toString(UrlParams.fromInput(body)), "application/x-www-form-urlencoded")
   )
@@ -255,7 +279,7 @@ export const raw = (body: unknown, options?: ServerResponse.Options | undefined)
   new ServerResponseImpl(
     options?.status ?? 200,
     options?.statusText,
-    options?.headers ?? Headers.empty,
+    options?.headers ? Headers.fromInput(options.headers) : Headers.empty,
     options?.cookies ?? Cookies.empty,
     internalBody.raw(body)
   )
@@ -268,7 +292,7 @@ export const formData = (
   new ServerResponseImpl(
     options?.status ?? 200,
     options?.statusText,
-    options?.headers ?? Headers.empty,
+    options?.headers ? Headers.fromInput(options.headers) : Headers.empty,
     options?.cookies ?? Cookies.empty,
     internalBody.formData(body)
   )
@@ -277,21 +301,26 @@ export const formData = (
 export const stream = <E>(
   body: Stream.Stream<Uint8Array, E>,
   options?: ServerResponse.Options | undefined
-): ServerResponse.HttpServerResponse =>
-  new ServerResponseImpl(
+): ServerResponse.HttpServerResponse => {
+  const headers = options?.headers ? Headers.fromInput(options.headers) : Headers.empty
+  return new ServerResponseImpl(
     options?.status ?? 200,
     options?.statusText,
-    options?.headers ?? Headers.empty,
+    headers,
     options?.cookies ?? Cookies.empty,
-    internalBody.stream(body, getContentType(options), options?.contentLength)
+    internalBody.stream(body, getContentType(options, headers), options?.contentLength)
   )
+}
 
 /** @internal */
-export const getContentType = (options?: ServerResponse.Options | undefined): string | undefined => {
+export const getContentType = (
+  options: ServerResponse.Options | undefined,
+  headers: Headers.Headers
+): string | undefined => {
   if (options?.contentType) {
     return options.contentType
   } else if (options?.headers) {
-    return options.headers["content-type"]
+    return headers["content-type"]
   } else {
     return
   }