Waiting Room Demo

Application Performance
Waiting Room

Last Updated: March 2025

Overview

Explore how Cloudflare manages surges in website traffic with virtual waiting rooms and different queueing methods .

There are several relevant features:

This solution is part of the preparing for surges or spikes in web traffic guide, especially useful during seasonal events, such as Black Friday or Christmas.

After an event ends, the reject queueing method can be used to block traffic from reaching the application, displaying a custom HTML template instead. This template can also be updated or patched to signal that the event is over.

Waiting Room Settings

Cloudflare Zone Waiting Room Dashboard Settings