Cloudflare Precursor uses continuous behavioral analysis to stop advanced bots

Jul 13, 2026 - 16:15
Cloudflare Precursor uses continuous behavioral analysis to stop advanced bots

Cloudflare has announced the general availability of Precursor, a next-generation, continuous behavioral validation engine for bot management. Precursor runs seamlessly inside web browsers to monitor entire user sessions in order to detect bot automation. Unlike static CAPTCHAs, it analyzes ongoing interactions in real time to catch advanced bots, improving detection precision without interrupting legitimate users. For the first time, automated bot traffic has eclipsed human activity on the Internet, now generating roughly 57% of all … More

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