TL;DR: Trace before touching the old rule Use Cloudflare Trace on the affected URLs: confirm the new rule fires and produces the same behavior. # Workflow: Page Rules migration Page Rules are deprecated. Migrate deliberately, one rule at a time. ## 1.

# Workflow: Page Rules migration

Page Rules are deprecated. Migrate deliberately, one rule at a time.

## 1. Inventory

List every Page Rule: URL pattern plus action. Page Rules are count-limited so the list is manageable. For each, identify its replacement:

- URL forwards -> Single Redirects (Bulk Redirects for large static lists)
- Header/URL rewrites -> Transform Rules
- Cache settings -> Cache Rules
- Origin overrides -> Origin Rules
- SSL and misc settings -> Configuration Rules

## 2. Recreate in the new product

Write the equivalent rule with a matching expression. Watch the constraints: Single Redirects quotas are 10/25/50/300 by plan; regex needs Business or Enterprise. Consolidate where the quota forces it.

## 3. Trace before touching the old rule

Use Cloudflare Trace on the affected URLs: confirm the new rule fires and produces the same behavior. The new products execute before Page Rules and override them on match, so a slightly different expression changes behavior immediately, not when you delete the old rule.

## 4. Disable, verify, delete

Disable the Page Rule (do not delete), verify in production with `curl`, then delete after a stable week. The disabled rule is your rollback.

## 5. Audit for stacking

On non-conflicting matches, old and new products can both apply in surprising ways. After each migration, re-trace the URL and confirm exactly one system handles it.

## Checklist

- One Page Rule at a time; trace each before disabling.
- Quota planning on lower plans; regex only where the plan allows.
- Disabled-not-deleted for a week as rollback.

## When to use
You hit exactly this: Workflow: migrating a zone off Page Rules in Workflow.

## When not to use
A different error, or the same symptom in a different tool. This page only covers the failure above.

## Compatibility
Workflow.

## Edge cases
- For each, identify its replacement: - URL forwards -> Single Redirects (Bulk Redirects for large static lists) - Header/URL rewrites -> Transform Rules - Cache settings -> Cache Rules - Origin overrides -> Origin Rules - SSL and misc settings -> Configuration Rules ## 2.

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## Selected public attribution and original notices/references

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