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The latest AI and developer news from Cloudflare Blog, with short summaries.
Visit website →Cloudflare Releases Vinext 1.0 to Enable Next.js Apps on Vite and Workers
Vinext 1.0 achieves over 99% test compatibility for key features and introduces cache warming to move page prerendering from build time to Cloudflare's network.
Cloudflare launches cf CLI to cover entire API for AI agents
The new CLI supports over 3,000 operations compared to Wrangler's ~280, with JSON as the default output format.
Cloudflare Publishes BEACON Dataset: Billions of Web Performance Measurements from 10,000 Sites
Cloudflare has published BEACON, an anonymized dataset containing billions of real-world web performance measurements from 10,000 of its largest websites, available daily on Google BigQuery.
Cloudflare adds experimental Emscripten support for Rust on Workers
The update allows running complex Rust applications, including a Minecraft server, directly on Cloudflare Workers using the wasm32-unknown-emscripten target.
Cloudflare Releases EmDash 1.0: A Stable, Open-Source CMS with Decentralized Plugin Registry
Cloudflare has released EmDash 1.0, a stable, open-source CMS built on Astro that features a decentralized plugin registry based on AT Protocol and sandboxed plugin execution.
Cloudflare launches The Cold Start startup competition with $500,000 prize
Applications for the live pitch event at Cloudflare Connect in San Francisco close on October 2, 2026.
Cloudflare Adds WebMCP Support and Terminal Mode to Kitesurf Agentic Browser
Cloudflare's Kitesurf agentic browser now supports WebMCP, passes over 730,000 WPT subtests, and can render pages directly in the terminal.
Cloudflare Open-Sources Forge, a Pluggable Pipeline for Generating SDKs, CLIs, and Docs
Forge is released under the Apache 2.0 license and currently powers the cf CLI, with plans to generate Cloudflare's API documentation and SDKs in the coming months.
VoidZero at Cloudflare: Vite+ 1.0 Released and Toolchain Performance Boosted for AI Agents
Vite+ 1.0 unifies the toolchain with Vite 8, Vitest 5, and Rolldown, while new Rust-based tools offer up to 18x speedups over competitors.
Cloudflare: Automated Traffic to Hit 1,000x Human Traffic in Five Years
Cloudflare reports that automated traffic surpassed human traffic in May 2026, six months ahead of previous forecasts.
PickCloudflare launches Turnstile Spin to automate bot protection setup for AI coding agents
Since its July release, Turnstile Spin has recorded over 65,000 successful widget creations and 30,000 prompt copies.
Cloudflare fixes cross-tenant data exposure in Containers via dm-thin patch
Cloudflare remediated a vulnerability allowing Workers Paid users to recover residual data from other tenants' disk blocks, with no evidence of malicious exploitation.
Cloudflare Releases Vary Header Support in Cache Rules to Resolve Cache Fragmentation
Cloudflare has released Vary header support in Cache Rules, addressing fragmentation issues through header normalization and cache bypass settings.
Cloudflare Launches 'Worker Previews', an Isolated Preview Environment for Agents
Cloudflare has launched Worker Previews, an isolated, production-like environment per branch for code changes by AI agents.
Cloudflare Officially Launches Python Workers... Supporting FastAPI, Django, and AI Pipeline Construction
Cloudflare has officially launched Python Workers, enabling native execution of major frameworks like FastAPI and AI libraries.
Cloudflare Saves 100TB of RAM by Optimizing Consistent Hashing in Pingora
Cloudflare recovered 100TB of RAM across its global infrastructure by optimizing the consistent hashing structure in Pingora.
PickCloudflare Detects 8 Malicious JS Operations Missed by Existing Scanners
Cloudflare's Page Shield ML detected 8 malicious JS operations in live traffic that were missed by existing scanners such as VirusTotal.
Cloudflare Introduces Resource-Level Access Control and Four New Roles for Workers
Cloudflare has introduced resource-level access control and four new roles for Workers to enforce the principle of least privilege.
Cloudflare Introduces 'Disallow AI Training' Setting to Separate AI Training Blocking from Search Indexing
Cloudflare has introduced a 'Disallow AI Training' setting that separates the blocking of AI training from the maintenance of search indexing.
Cloudflare CASB Introduces Automated Remediation Policies
Cloudflare introduced automated remediation policies in CASB to block risks immediately upon detection and reduce processing time to under 5 minutes.