URL normalization settings

Normalization type (default: RFC-3986)

• Selects the type of normalization to perform:

  • RFC-3986 – Applies URL normalization strictly according to RFC 3986 Open external link .

  • Cloudflare – In addition to what is defined in RFC 3986, applies extra URL normalization techniques.

Normalize incoming URLs (default: On)

• Configures the URLs of all incoming traffic to Cloudflare:

  • When enabled, all incoming URLs are normalized before they pass to subsequent Cloudflare features that can receive a URL as input, such as Page Rules (legacy), WAF custom rules, Workers, and Access.
  • When disabled, incoming URLs are not normalized before passing to subsequent Cloudflare features.

Normalize URLs to origin (default: Off)

• Configures URLs sent to the origin:

  • When enabled, requests sent to the origin are normalized.
  • When disabled, requests sent to the origin are not modified.

• You can only view and enable this option when Normalize incoming URLs is enabled.