Cloudflare moves response-header rewrites into Cache Response Rules
Documented March 24th, 2026, the feature rewrites cache directives, converts cache tags and strips Set-Cookie before content reaches Cloudflare's edge cache.
By Ryan Merket · Published
Primary source: The Cloudflare Blog
Why it matters
Cache Response Rules let infrastructure teams fix costly caching mistakes and preserve cache tags during CDN migrations without changing application code or maintaining a Worker.
Cloudflare, founded by Matthew Prince, Michelle Zatlyn and Lee Holloway, published a product post explaining Cache Response Rules, a feature that moves a specific class of CDN fixes out of origin code and custom Workers and into Cloudflare's rules control plane.…
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