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Last updated Apr 16, 2026 Smart Shield

This functionality is now offered as part of Cloudflare's origin server safeguard, Smart Shield. Learn more.

This guide will get you started with creating and managing configured Health Checks.

Create a Health Check

  1. In the Cloudflare dashboard, go to the Health Checks page. Go to Health Checks ↗
  2. Select Create and fill out the form, paying special attention to:
  3. The values for Interval and Check regions, because decreasing the Interval and increasing Check regions may increase the load on your origin server.
  4. Retries, which specify the number of retries to attempt in case of a timeout before marking the origin as unhealthy.
  5. Response body, which specifies a substring that must be present in the first 10 KB of the response body for the check to succeed.
  6. Select Save and Deploy.

Manage Health Checks

  1. Log in to the Cloudflare dashboard ↗︎ and select your account and domain.
  2. Go to Traffic > Health Checks.
  3. Navigate to your health check and select Edit.
  4. Edit your Health Check.
  5. Select Save.

Note

You can also enable, disable, or delete configured Health Checks.

Note

Authenticated origin pull is not supported by Standalone Health Checks.

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