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Cloudflare: Issue with Bot management traffic categorization for verified bots

MinorStatus: resolvededitedStarted Resolved (41 min)2 updateswww.cloudflarestatus.com (opens in new tab)

Affected components: Bot ManagementSecurity - Bot Management

Timeline of updates

  1. investigating

    Cloudflare is investigating issues with our Bot Management feature. Customers may observe a limited number of verified bots incorrectly identified as automated traffic

  2. resolved

    This incident has been resolved.

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Status incident (vendor impact label: minor) posted by Cloudflare, started 2026-10-20 19:35 UTC, resolved after 41 min, 2 update(s); edited after publishing.

Title
Issue with Bot management traffic categorization for verified bots
Vendor
Cloudflare
Date
URL
https://rewindex.com/company/cloudflare/incidents/qlgdup1n0ge7

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