Cloudflare targets 2029 for full post-quantum security
2026-04-14T07:24:09Z•cedcca11da25fffe051f4cc9bcb083fecfd11f840ec74ca5409cf0c370860f2d
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What happened
Collection of Cloudflare security blog posts covering a broad set of defensive and research initiatives: Cloudflare moved its full post‑quantum target to 2029 and published PQ monitoring/experiments (Merkle Tree Certificates, PQ Matrix homeserver); disclosed and fixed multiple implementation issues (request smuggling in Pingora OSS — fixed in Pingora 0.8.0; ACME certificate‑validation logic mitigation; QUIC acknowledgement‑based DDoS mitigations); released new products and capabilities (Client‑Side Security with GNN+LLM detections, AI Security for Apps GA, Account Abuse Protection, Web & API (
Why it matters
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- cloudflare_security_blog
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- cedcca11da25fffe051f4cc9bcb083fecfd11f840ec74ca5409cf0c370860f2d
- Enrichment time
- 2026-04-14T07:24:09Z
- AI-assisted enrichment
- Yes
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