Implementation-first service

Cloudflare WAF, bot, 403, and 1020 access fixes for users and search crawlers

For sites where Cloudflare is blocking the wrong requests: real users, Googlebot, API paths, forms, checkout, or specific public URLs that should remain accessible.

Sprint shape

Clear scope before implementation, one controlled sprint, and written verification at the end.

The first pass is meant to move the actual problem, not generate vague theory or generic audits without implementation.

Typical issues

  • Overstrict WAF rules or bad firewall expressions.
  • Bot fight mode or managed challenge conflicts.
  • Country, IP, rate-limit, or path rules catching the wrong traffic.
  • Security plugins or origin rules disagreeing with Cloudflare.
  • SSL, DNS, cache, or origin mismatch after a cutover.
  • Googlebot, forms, APIs, checkout, or logged-out users blocked on specific paths.

Sharper symptoms

Start with the exact failure if it already has a name.

These narrower pages map the same service lane to a more specific failure path, input set, and first-sprint shape.

Send the issue

What I check first

  • The exact failing URL, path, method, user type, bot, or API request.
  • Cloudflare security events, WAF rules, bot settings, rate limits, and managed challenges.
  • Whether the issue affects users, bots, Googlebot, APIs, forms, or checkout.
  • Whether the edge, security plugin, and origin server disagree on expected access.

What the first sprint includes

  • Blocked-path isolation with failing and healthy examples.
  • Cloudflare events and rule review.
  • Safe rule adjustment or a precise recommendation when implementation access is limited.
  • Access verification without broad bypasses.

What I need from you

  • Failing URL or path, error code, Ray ID, and when it started.
  • Who is blocked: users, Googlebot, APIs, forms, checkout, or a specific region or IP range.
  • Recent WAF, bot, DNS, SSL, hosting, plugin, or deployment changes.
  • Cloudflare access or security event exports where possible.

Pricing expectation

Most Cloudflare access sprints land between $650 and $1,500 depending on access, logs, and affected traffic paths.

What you get

A Cloudflare access sprint that identifies the blocked path, reviews rules and events, maps who is affected, adjusts or recommends safe rule changes, verifies access, and avoids weakening security unnecessarily.

Best fit

Best fit when you can provide failing URLs, error codes or Ray IDs, timeline, and Cloudflare access or logs for the affected traffic path.

Related notes

Read the symptom-led notes that support this lane.

These notes show the failure paths, checks, and verification logic that usually sit behind the sprint.

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Start with the issue

Have the symptom and the context?

Send the URL, what changed, and where the break shows up. If the issue is sharp enough, the first reply should turn into a bounded sprint instead of a broad package.