Cloudflare Security & compliance Stability Cost

WAF & rate limiting

Whether anything filters traffic before it reaches your app.

Overview

Checks that the zone has managed WAF rulesets deployed and rate-limiting rules in place, along with the security level and integrity settings that decide which requests get challenged.

What it looks for

  • No managed WAF ruleset deployed on a production zone
  • No rate-limiting rules on the zone
  • Security level effectively off, so no IP reputation challenges run
  • Browser Integrity Check disabled

Why it matters

Cloudflare in front of your app does nothing for security until the rules are switched on — proxying alone is not filtering. Without rate limiting, credential stuffing against your login endpoint is a normal-looking traffic pattern.

Rules in this check

How the fixes arrive

GuideChanges only you can make safely arrive as a step-by-step guide you can follow yourself or hand to your coding agent.

Run them all on your app

Connect your repo and your live services with read-only scopes. The first scan is free, and nothing changes without your approval.