Sep 2, 2026 – Update to API Acceleration property configurations

The following feature changes are now standard for all API Acceleration property configurations:
- Default Rule
  - We add the Minimize payload rule as a child rule in the Default Rule.
  - We move the Compressible Objects rule from the Performance rule into the Minimize payload child rule.
  - In the Compressible Objects child rule, the Content type match condition is updated with the following values:
    application/javascript, application/_javascript_, application/json, application/xml, application/text_, application/vnd-ms-fontobject, application/vnd.microsoft.icon, application/x-font-opentype, application/x-font-truetype, application/x-font-ttf, application/xmlfont/eot, font/eot, font/opentype, font/otf, image/svg+xml, image/vnd.microsoft.icon, image/x-icon, text/, application/octet-stream, application/x-font-eot_, font/ttf, application/font-ttf, application/font-sfnt, application/x-tgif, text/html_, text/css_, application/x-javascript_, application/javascript_, text/javascript_, text/plain_, text/xml_, application/vnd_, application/json*, application/x-javascript, application/x-json, application/+json, application/+xml, application/text
  - Origin Brotli Support is added to Minimize payload as a child rule, with the Brotli Support behavior set to “On”.
- Augment insights
  - We add a new rule Augment insights to align the API Acceleration property configurations with the Ion property configurations.
  - Enhanced Debug moves from the Default Rule to the Augment insights rule as a child rule.
- Accelerate delivery
  - We rename the Performance rule into the Accelerate delivery rule.
  - We add the Origin connectivity rule as a child rule with the DNS Asynchronous Refresh behavior moved here from the Performance rule.
  - We add the Protocol optimizations rule as a child rule with the following behaviors added or moved here from the Performance rule:
    - HTTP/3
    - HTTP/2
    - SureRoute
    - Chunked Transfer Encoding
    - Early Data (0-RTT) set to “On”
    - Early Data (0-RTT) Advanced with the Supported HTTP Methods option set to “GET” and the Query String Parameters option set to “Deny”.
- Offload origin
  - We rename the Offload rule to Offload origin.
  - The Validate Entity Tag (ETag) behavior is set to “On”, with the Allow non-strict Strong ETags and Support Weak ETags options also set to “On”.
- Strengthen security
  - We add the Allowed methods rule as a child rule in Strengthen security and move here the following behaviors from the Default Rule:
    - Allow All Methods on Parent Servers set to “On”
    - Allow POST
    - Allow PUT
    - Allow PATCH
    - Allow DELETE
    - Allow OPTIONS