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  1. Cloud Connector Now Supports R2

    Rules

    Now, you can use Cloud Connector to route traffic to your R2 buckets based on URLs, headers, geolocation, and more.

    Example setup:

    Terminal window
    curl --request PUT \
    "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/cloud_connector/rules" \
    --header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
    --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
    --data '[
      {
        "expression": "http.request.uri.path wildcard \"/images/*\"",
        "provider": "cloudflare_r2",
        "description": "Connect to R2 bucket containing images",
        "parameters": {
          "host": "mybucketcustomdomain.example.com"
        }
      }
    ]'

    Get started using Cloud Connector documentation.

  1. Simplified UI for URL Rewrites

    Rules

    It’s now easy to create wildcard-based URL Rewrites. No need for complex functions—just define your patterns and go.

    Rules Overview Interface

    What’s improved:

    • Full wildcard support – Create rewrite patterns using intuitive interface.
    • Simplified rule creation – No need for complex functions.

    Try it via creating a Rewrite URL rule in the dashboard.

  1. New fields added to Gateway-related datasets in Cloudflare Logs

    Logs

    Cloudflare has introduced new fields to two Gateway-related datasets in Cloudflare Logs:

    • Gateway HTTP: ApplicationIDs, ApplicationNames, CategoryIDs, CategoryNames, DestinationIPContinentCode, DestinationIPCountryCode, ProxyEndpoint, SourceIPContinentCode, SourceIPCountryCode, VirtualNetworkID, and VirtualNetworkName.

    • Gateway Network: ApplicationIDs, ApplicationNames, DestinationIPContinentCode, DestinationIPCountryCode, ProxyEndpoint, SourceIPContinentCode, SourceIPCountryCode, TransportProtocol, VirtualNetworkID, and VirtualNetworkName.

  1. AI Crawl Control

    AI Crawl Control

    Every site on Cloudflare now has access to AI Audit, which summarizes the crawling behavior of popular and known AI services.

    You can use this data to:

    • Understand how and how often crawlers access your site (and which content is the most popular).
    • Block specific AI bots accessing your site.
    • Use Cloudflare to enforce your robots.txt policy via an automatic WAF rule.
    View AI bot activity with AI Audit

    To get started, explore AI audit.

  1. New Rules Templates for One-Click Rule Creation

    Rules

    Now, you can create common rule configurations in just one click using Rules Templates.

    Rules Templates

    What you can do:

    • Pick a pre-built rule – Choose from a library of templates.
    • One-click setup – Deploy best practices instantly.
    • Customize as needed – Adjust templates to fit your setup.

    Template cards are now also available directly in the rule builder for each product.

    Need more ideas? Check out the Examples gallery in our documentation.