Skip to content

Documentation Index
Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://developers.cloudflare.com/load-balancing/llms.txt
Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

Directory API SDKs Changelog

/

Overview
Reference architecture ↗
- Common error codes
- FAQs
API reference ↗API
Changelog

Home
/Load Balancing
/Understand Basics

Concepts

Last updated Apr 16, 2026||View as Markdown|Agent setup

Review the following topics to learn more about the basic concepts and components involved in Cloudflare Load Balancing.

Load Balancing components
Traffic steering
How endpoints and pools become unhealthy
Proxy status
Session affinity
Adaptive routing

Was this helpful?

Edit page Report issue

On this page

Overview

Edit page Report issue

Getting started

Plans Contact sales Partners Find a partner Startups Under attack?Domain name search

Company

About Careers Investors Press Press kit Global network

Public interest

Project Galileo Athenian Project Cloudflare for Campaigns Project Fairshot Impact/ESG

Compliance

Compliance resources Trust Hub Data Protection Responsible AI Transparency report Report abuse

Resources

App innovation report Cloudflare Radar Case studies Status Support Events Blog

Developers

Documentation Learning center Community

Solutions

SSE and SASE platform Cloudflare AI Cloud AI Security Frontend Development Platform Multi-Tenant Platform Development Web Security Platform

Start Building Log In

© 2026 Cloudflare, Inc.

Privacy policy| Report security issues| Terms of use| Trademark

|