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Technical deep dives, product updates, and insights from the teams that are helping to build a better Internet.

Origin Range Requests: Serving large files without range-request tuning

Naive byte-range caching can waste gigabytes of origin bandwidth on small requests. We rebuilt our cache architecture in Pingora to coordinate partial fetches automatically, cutting R2 p99 latency in half.

Continuous accountability for Verified bots

Identity alone doesn't guarantee a bot will behave responsibly. We are introducing a system to continuously evaluate whether Verified bots honor site preferences, like robots.txt and HTTP 429s, ensuring they remain accountable over time.