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Deploy with one command

Build and deploy serverless functions and full-stack apps on Cloudflare's global network. No servers to manage. No cold starts or region complexity.

npm create cloudflare@latest my-app

Create your first Worker

Workers · Containers · Durable Objects · Queues

The AI inference platform

Run AI inference globally with one API call, build agents, and search across your data — no GPUs to manage, no capacity planning.

npx wrangler ai models

Browse available models

Workers AI · AI Gateway · Agents · Vectorize · Browser Run

Make your database feel instant, everywhere

Serverless SQL, globally distributed key-value, and global database acceleration — query directly from Workers with no connection management.

npx wrangler d1 create my-database

Get started with D1

R2 · Pipelines · D1 · KV · Hyperdrive

Build media pipelines without infrastructure headaches

Cloudflare Images helps teams build scalable, reliable media pipelines to store, optimize, and deliver images.

curl --request POST https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/$ACCOUNT_ID/images/v1

Get started with Images

Images · Stream · Realtime

Build with your favorite AI agent

Paste into any AI coding agent to install Cloudflare agent tooling:

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What's new

The latest features and improvements shipping across Cloudflare.

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Jun 16, 2026

Agents

Agents SDK improves browser automation, code execution, and recovery

Agents SDK v0.16.1 adds the Codemode runtime and connector model, rebuilds browser automation on durable CDP sessions, improves Think orchestration, and adds Voice output-device selection.

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Jun 16Cloudflare Images

New optimization features in Images

New composite modes, percentage-based overlay dimensions, fit modes, and AI upscaling.

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Jun 16Workers

Introducing GLM-5.2 on Workers AI

Z.ai's flagship agentic coding model is now available on Workers AI

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Jun 16Workers VPC

TCP connections via connect() over VPC Networks

VPC Network bindings now support the connect() Socket API for raw TCP connections, in addition to HTTP traffic via fetch(). Workers can open TCP sockets to any private destination reachable through the bound Cloudflare Tunnel, Cloudflare Mesh, or Cloudflare WAN on-ramp.

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Jun 16Workers

Workers tracing now supports custom spans

Create custom trace spans in your Workers code to instrument application-specific logic alongside automatic platform instrumentation.

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Jun 15WAF

Use Cloudforce One threat intelligence in WAF rules

New cf.intel.ip fields available in custom rules and rate limiting rules for threat intelligence matching.

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Jun 15WAF

WAF Release - 2026-06-15

Cloudflare WAF managed rulesets 2026-06-15

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Jun 15WAF

WAF Release - Scheduled changes for 2026-06-22

WAF managed ruleset changes scheduled for 2026-06-22

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Security that scales

Everything you need to secure applications, APIs, and infrastructure.

Public websites & apps

WAF

Protect your applications without sacrificing performance

Identify and block malicious payloads before they can compromise your application.

Harden your app with WAF

SSL/TLS

Encrypt your site in minutes

Streamline TLS Certificate Management.

Set up SSL/TLS

Turnstile

Verify visitors without CAPTCHA

Confirm web visitors are real and block unwanted bots without slowing down web experiences for real users.

Add Turnstile protection

Corporate and home networks

Tunnel

Securely connect origins with post-quantum encrypted tunnels

Outbound-only encrypted tunnels, no open ports.

Create a secure Tunnel

Access

Secure internal applications with Cloudflare Access

Identity-first, quantum-safe access to private applications and infrastructure.

Set up Cloudflare Access

Gateway

Secure Internet browsing without disruptions

Cloud-native Secure Web Gateway (SWG) that inspects browser traffic without disruption.

Create Gateway policies

Faster web performance

Accelerate websites and applications with Cloudflare CDN caching, image optimization, smart routing, load balancing, and web analytics.

Explore Directory

DNS

Fast, reliable and resilient DNS queries

World's fastest authoritative DNS, consistently ranked #1 by DNSPerf; free, fully API-managed, DNSSEC supported.

Set up Authoritative DNS

Smart Shield

Minimize origin load and accelerate dynamic content

Intelligently manage traffic, optimize content delivery, and safeguard origin infrastructure.

Enable Smart Shield

CDN

Default caching for static assets, with cache rules for full control

Caches content in 330+ cities worldwide, with instant purging and granular Cache Rules.

Set up Cache Rules

Speed

Assess your site speed and apply recommended optimizations

Application delivery optimizations including minification, Brotli compression, Early Hints, and HTTP/3.

Improve your site speed

Images

Transform, optimize, and deliver images worldwide

Cloudflare Images handles format conversion, responsive sizing, and intelligent caching.

Optimize image delivery

Web Analytics

Understand the performance of your web pages

Cloudflare Web Analytics collects Core Web Vitals and performance data from 100% of page views without cookies or sampling.

Track real user metrics

Connect with Cloudflare

Find community, read the blog, and explore open source projects.

Community

Join the conversation

Share ideas, answers, and code with the Cloudflare community.

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Open Source

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Cloudflare contributes to the open-source ecosystem in a variety of ways, including:

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Blog

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Get the latest news on Cloudflare products, technologies, and culture.

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