Cloudflare incident: Issue with Bot management traffic categorization for verified bots

Affected components

• Bot Management

1. resolvedOct 20, 2026, 20:16 UTC

   This incident has been resolved.

2. investigatingOct 20, 2026, 19:35 UTC

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

What APIStatus.watch saw

Our 5-minute checks didn't record a change in Cloudflare's overall status around this incident. Smaller or regional incidents often leave a provider's overall status green.

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