https://www.infoq.com InfoQ Cloudflare feed https://www.infoq.com/news/2026/08/cloudflare-precursor-detection/?utm_campaign=infoq_content&utm_source=infoq&utm_medium=feed&utm_term=Cloudflare <img src="https://res.infoq.com/news/2026/08/cloudflare-precursor-detection/en/headerimage/generatedHeaderImage-1784634999305.jpg"/><p>Cloudflare recently introduced Precursor, a client-side behavioral analysis engine that continuously evaluates session interactions, such as mouse movements and keyboard timing, to improve detection of sophisticated bots and AI agents without relying solely on one-time challenges like CAPTCHAs.</p> <i>By Renato Losio</i> AI Security Cloudflare Cloud Cloud Security BOTS Authentication AI, ML & Data Engineering Development news Sat, 08 Aug 2026 07:54:00 GMT https://www.infoq.com/news/2026/08/cloudflare-precursor-detection/?utm_campaign=infoq_content&utm_source=infoq&utm_medium=feed&utm_term=Cloudflare Renato Losio 2026-08-08T07:54:00Z /news/2026/08/cloudflare-precursor-detection/en https://www.infoq.com/news/2026/08/cloudflare-meerkat-consensus/?utm_campaign=infoq_content&utm_source=infoq&utm_medium=feed&utm_term=Cloudflare <img src="https://res.infoq.com/news/2026/08/cloudflare-meerkat-consensus/en/headerimage/generatedHeaderImage-1784096459205.jpg"/><p>Cloudflare recently introduced Meerkat, an internal globally consistent control-plane service based on the QuePaxa consensus algorithm. Unlike Raft, it allows leaderless writes while preserving strong consistency, improving availability across Cloudflare's global network.</p> <i>By Renato Losio</i> Availability Consistency Cloudflare Distributed Systems DevOps Development Architecture & Design news Sun, 02 Aug 2026 06:17:00 GMT https://www.infoq.com/news/2026/08/cloudflare-meerkat-consensus/?utm_campaign=infoq_content&utm_source=infoq&utm_medium=feed&utm_term=Cloudflare Renato Losio 2026-08-02T06:17:00Z /news/2026/08/cloudflare-meerkat-consensus/en