Changelog
All cache purge methods now available for all plans
You can now access all Cloudflare cache purge methods — no matter which plan you’re on. Whether you need to update a single asset or instantly invalidate large portions of your site’s content, you now have the same powerful tools previously reserved for Enterprise customers.
Anyone on Cloudflare can now:
- Purge Everything: Clears all cached content associated with a website.
- Purge by Prefix: Targets URLs sharing a common prefix.
- Purge by Hostname: Invalidates content by specific hostnames.
- Purge by URL (single-file purge): Precisely targets individual URLs.
- Purge by Tag: Uses Cache-Tag response headers to invalidate grouped assets, offering flexibility for complex cache management scenarios.
Want to learn how each purge method works, when to use them, or what limits apply to your plan? Dive into our purge cache documentation and API reference ↗ for all the details.
Fight CSAM More Easily Than Ever
You can now implement our child safety tooling, the CSAM Scanning Tool, more easily. Instead of requiring external reporting credentials, you only need a verified email address for notifications to onboard. This change makes the tool more accessible to a wider range of customers.
How It Works
When enabled, the tool automatically hashes images for enabled websites as they enter the Cloudflare cache ↗. These hashes are then checked against a database of known abusive images.
- Potential match detected?
- The content URL is blocked, and
- Cloudflare will notify you about the found matches via the provided email address.
Updated Service-Specific Terms
We have also made updates to our Service-Specific Terms ↗ to reflect these changes.
Smart Tiered Cache for Load balancing
Smart Tiered Cache will now select a common single best Upper Tier for an entire Load Balancing Pool based on Origin performance measurements, increasing the cache HIT ratio.
Smart Tiered Cache for R2
R2 now automatically gets tiered cache if using Smart Tiered Cache. We select a data center close to your R2 storage bucket as a common Upper Tier cache.
Shard Cache by cache key
For custom cache keys, enterprise customers can now shard their cache using up to three values for previously restricted headers accept*, referer, and user-agent. Sharding the cache can improve cache HIT ratio and performance. However, overly sharding your cache, can have the opposite effect.
Versioning
Cache now supports versioned environments allowing customers to stage configurations and purge staged environments. Note that Cache Reserve is only supported for your production environment.
New Cache Rules templates for one-click rule creation
The new Rules > Templates page in the Cloudflare dashboard provides one-click templates for creating cache rules, making it easy to optimize your caching strategy. Access these pre-built templates directly from each product's rule builder, and explore the Examples gallery in the developer documentation for real-world use cases.
Generic tiered cache
Generic Global Tiered Cache topology leverages all Cloudflare data centers as upper-tier cache network. It now hashes content within a region reducing duplication in upper-tier caches, which increases cache HIT ratio.
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