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Sep 2, 2026 – Catalog updates

in about 8 hours

  • 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
    • 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

  • The following feature changes are now standard for all Dynamic Site Accelerator property configurations:
    • Default Rule
    • Augment insights
      • With the Content Provider Code behavior moving to the Default Rule, the Traffic reporting rule has been removed from the Augment insights rule.
      • Enhanced Debug moves from the Default Rule to the Augment insights rule as a child rule.
    • Accelerate delivery
      • In the Origin Connectivity rule, the default timeout value for DNS Asynchronous Refresh is now “5 hours”.
      • In the Protocol optimizations rule:
      • The Prefetching child rule, and subsequent Prefetching Objects and Prefetchable Objects behaviors are all removed from the Accelerate delivery rule.
      • Early Hints is added to the Accelerate delivery rule as a child rule, with the Early Hints behavior set to “Off”.
    • 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”.
      • In the Other static objects rule, “mp4” is added to the values in the File Extension match condition.
      • In the HTML Pages rule:
        • The Cache Key Query Parameters behavior is updated with the following parameters:
          gclid, fbclid, utm_source, utm_campaign, utm_medium, utm_content, srsltid, ttclid, igclid, wbraid, gbraid
        • The Downstream Cacheability behavior is added to the Offload origin rule, with Caching Option set to “Allow caching, require validation (no-cache)” and Mark as Private set to “On”.
    • Strengthen security
      • The Obfuscate debug info rule and Cache Tag Visibility behavior are removed from the Strengthen security rule.
      • Redirect to HTTPS is added to Strengthen security as a child rule, with the match condition Request Protocol set to “HTTP”, and the Redirect behavior with the following options and settings:
        • Redirect Type: “Default”
        • Destination Protocol: “HTTPS”
        • Destination Hostname: “Same as request”
        • Destination path: “Same as request”
        • Include Query String: “Yes”
        • Redirect Status Code: “301 Moved Permanently”
    • Minimize payload
      • 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”.