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New firewall challenge metrics now available

You can now monitor and query outcomes using two new metrics:Vercel Firewall challenge These metrics help evaluate rule effectiveness and reduce friction when users are unnecessarily challenged (high success rates). Now available in the Firewall and in the Observability Plus' with no additional setup required.dashboardquery builder Learn more about and .custom rulesmanaged rulesets Read more – Visitor solved the challenge and was granted access (indicates a real user)challenge-solved – V

AI Gateway - AI Gateway adds OpenAI compatible endpoint

Users can now use an OpenAI Compatible endpoint in AI Gateway to easily switch between providers, while keeping the exact same request and response formats. We're launching now with the chat completions endpoint, with the embeddings endpoint coming up next. To get started, use the OpenAI compatible chat completions endpoint URL with your own account id and gateway id and switch between providers by changing the model and apiKey parameters. import OpenAI from "openai"; const client = new OpenA

DNS - Improved onboarding for Shopify merchants

Shopify merchants can now onboard to O2O automatically, without needing to contact support or community members. What's new: Automatic enablement – O2O is available for all mutual Cloudflare and Shopify customers. Branded record display – Merchants see a Shopify logo in DNS records, complete with helpful tooltips. Checkout protection – Workers and Snippets are blocked from running on the checkout path to reduce risk and improve security. For more information, refer to the provider guide.

Workers - View an architecture diagram of your Worker directly in the Cloudflare dashboard

You can now visualize, explore and modify your Worker’s architecture directly in the Cloudflare dashboard, making it easier to understand how your application connects to Cloudflare resources like D1 databases, Durable Objects, KV namespaces, and more. With this new view, you can easily: Explore existing bindings in a visual, architecture-style diagram Add and manage bindings directly from the same interface Discover the full range of compute, storage, AI, and media resources you can attach to

SmolVLA: Efficient Vision-Language-Action Model trained on Lerobot Community Data

No GPU left behind: Unlocking Efficiency with Co-located vLLM in TRL

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WWDC25 is almost here! Find out how to tune in to the Keynote and Platforms State of the Union on Monday, June 9. Learn more

Cloudflare Fundamentals - Cloudflare User Groups & Enhanced Permission Policies are now in Beta

We're excited to announce the Public Beta launch of User Groups for Cloudflare Dashboard and System for Cross Domain Identity Management (SCIM) User Groups, expanding our RBAC capabilities to simplify user and group management at scale. We've also visually overhauled the Permission Policies UI to make defining permissions more intuitive. What's New User Groups [BETA]: User Groups are a new Cloudflare IAM primitive that enable administrators to create collections of account members that are treat