[Support Guide] What problems could occur when using Cloudflare in front of Netlify? — by luke (Netlify Support) on Netlify Support Forums

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Netlify support explains why stacking Cloudflare's orange-cloud proxy on Netlify causes stale content, wrong analytics, broken split testing and harder debugging. Recommended fix is DNS-only mode and a Netlify-issued certificate; Cloudflare Origin Certificates should not be installed on Netlify.

Read the full thread on answers.netlify.com

Source: [Support Guide] What problems could occur when using Cloudflare in front of Netlify? by luke (Netlify Support) on Netlify Support Forums. Licence: Link only (©).

Source reviewed: 2026-11-02
Link checked: 2026-11-02
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