# Discourse & Cloudflare

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-cloudflare/236677
**Category:** Self-hosting
**Created:** [August 19, 2022, 7:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-cloudflare/236677 "2022-08-19T19:14:16Z")
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### Author: ![pfaffman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/pfaffman/32/120154_2.png) [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [August 20, 2022, 5:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-cloudflare/236677/10 "2022-08-20T17:45:55Z")

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> [@oopsyscoops](#):
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> I would really like to see someone weigh in on this in 2022.

There was an issue just last week that had to do with people seeing ads when they shouldn’t that it was pretty clear was an issue with cloudflare. Turning it off is always one of the first things to do. Lots of people getting support here are complete novices and making things as trouble free as possible is the goal. If it works for you, that’s great. If you want to respond to twenty or more posts a week that

> [@oopsyscoops](#):
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> any recommendation about not funking with JS is probably the recommendation for all CDNs, not just Cloudflare.

But that’s not true. If you use a real cdn discourse users it only for the stuff that should be served by cdn.

> [@oopsyscoops](#):
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> I tagged the creator of Discourse. We can go back and forth all day about where Discourse stands in 2022 concerning Cloudflare, but until we hear it from the horse’s mouth, it’s more speculation than a definitive answer.

Hey @JammyDodger, I think it’s time for a cloudflare faq (though it’s not the first time I suggested it). You can get Jeff and Sam to weigh in.

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