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Cloudflare is rebuilding its Wrangler command-line interface tool primarily for AI agents, which are becoming its major API users. The company aims to make every Cloudflare product available through a consistent, programmable interface that agents can use to build and operate applications. The redesign includes a technical preview available via npx cf, featuring a new TypeScript schema that defines APIs, CLI commands and arguments. Cloudflare is enforcing default CLI commands at the schema layer to ensure AI agents don't fail due to non-standard commands. For human developers, Cloudflare introduced Local Explorer in open beta, allowing users to inspect Cloudflare Workers bindings and stored data. The company is accepting feedback via its developer Discord channel and plans to expand coverage in coming months, though no specific timeline was provided.

Cloudflare introduces new features for building and deploying agents. With Dynamic Workers, Sandboxes, Artifacts, and the Think framework, the company aims to help AI agents evolve from experiments on local laptops to full-fledged workloads on the Cloudflare network. "The way people build software is fundamentally changing. We are entering a world where agents are the ones writing and executing code," says Matthew Prince, CEO of Cloudflare. "But agents need a home that is secure by default, scales to millions instantly, and persists across long-running tasks." Dynamic Workers, Sandboxes, and Artifacts. The new Dynamic Workers system is an isolate-based runtime that executes AI-generated code in a secure environment. Cloudflare claims that Dynamic Workers start up a hundred times faster than traditional containers and incur only a fraction of the cost, scaling to millions of concurrent executions without warm-up. For longer-running tasks, Cloudflare introduces Sandboxes: full Linux environments where agents clone repositories, install Python packages, and build code. In addition, the company is launching Artifacts, a Git-compatible storage layer that enables developers to create tens of millions of agent repositories. The Think framework within the Agents SDK focuses on persistence: agents use this to support long-running tasks rather than merely responding to individual prompts. Building on the acquisition of Replicate, which gave Cloudflare access to over 50,000 AI models, the company is expanding its model catalog further. Developers can choose from OpenAI models and open-source alternatives via a single interface. Switching between providers requires changing just one line of code, Cloudflare promises.

Virtru integrates Data Security Platform with Cloudflare R2 to enable object-level Access Control. Image Credit: Sashkin/Bigstockphoto.com Virtru, the leader in data-centric security, today announced that its Data Security Platform now delivers object-level data governance to Cloudflare R2 cloud storage. The integration enables organizations to enforce cryptographic, attribute-based access policies on individual objects stored in R2, transforming a single storage bucket into a governed repository where different files carry different access rules, enforced by the data itself. As a result, organizations can store, search, analyze, and connect AI tools to their most sensitive data in Cloudflare R2 while retaining persistent, granular control over every object - ensuring only authorized individuals and systems can access sensitive data, regardless of location or application. Shifting Access Control from the Bucket Level to the Data Level Like all S3-compatible object storage, Cloudflare R2 governs access at the bucket level. Everyone with access to a bucket can see everything inside it. Organizations have historically worked around this limitation by proliferating buckets - creating separate buckets for different sensitivity levels, different departments, and different regulatory regimes. The result is architectural complexity that drives up cost, slows operations, and creates data silos with governance gaps. The Virtru Data Security Platform eliminates that tradeoff. With Trusted Data Format (TDF) encryption and attribute-based access control (ABAC) applied at the individual object level, a single R2 bucket can hold objects with entirely different governance profiles. A finance analyst and an engineering lead can both access the same bucket, but each can only open the files for which they are authorized. Contracts, engineering specifications, research data, and compliance records coexist in a single repository, each governed by its own policy and enforced cryptographically by the data itself. From Protected Storage to Governed Operations "Securing data at rest has never been a hard problem," said John Ackerly, CEO and Co-Founder of Virtru. "The hard problem is governing what happens to sensitive data once it's put to work - searched, analyzed, queried, or accessed by AI tools and automated workflows. Data owners shouldn't have to choose between the operational and economic benefits of modern cloud storage and the ability to govern their most sensitive data. Now, with the Virtru Data Security Platform and Cloudflare R2, they no longer have to." Because every object in R2 now carries its own cryptographically enforced access policy, the Virtru Data Security Platform enables organizations to move beyond static storage protection into governed operations where sensitive data can be actively searched, analyzed, and acted upon while policy enforcement remains continuous and granular. Every operation is evaluated in real time against the requesting user's attributes and enforced by the object's own TDF-wrapped policy. Governance doesn't depend on the application, the network, or the storage provider. It travels with the data. Why Cloudflare R2 R2's zero egress fees make object-level governance especially practical. When data retrieval incurs no transfer costs, real-time policy evaluation adds no compounding overhead. Organizations get the storage economics they chose R2 for - plus the ability to commingle data with different sensitivity levels in the same repository, each object individually protected, revocable at any time, and auditable across every access event. Cloudflare secures the network and infrastructure. The Virtru Data Security Platform secures the data itself. Virtru + Cloudflare: Complementary Security Architecture R2 and the Virtru Data Security Platform operate at complementary layers of the security stack: Infrastructure layer (Cloudflare): Encryption at rest and in transit, DDoS protection, global distribution across 330+ data centers, S3-compatible API, and native Workers integration for edge compute Data layer (Virtru): Object-level TDF encryption, attribute-based access control, real-time policy enforcement, access revocation, and comprehensive audit logging across every access event TDF encryption ensures that objects stored in R2 remain cryptographically protected even at rest - Cloudflare infrastructure cannot decrypt the contents. Only users, systems, or applications whose attributes satisfy the object's ABAC policy can access the plaintext. Data sovereignty stays with the data owner, not the storage provider. Now Available to Early Adopters The integration is available now through an early adopter program. Organizations interested in deploying object-level data governance across their Cloudflare R2 environments can learn more at virtru.com/data-security-platform or contact their Virtru account representative. John Ackerly, CEO and Co-Founder of Virtru Securing data at rest has never been a hard problem. The hard problem is governing what happens to sensitive data once it's put to work - searched, analyzed, queried, or accessed by AI tools and automated workflows. Data owners shouldn't have to choose between the operational and economic benefits of modern cloud storage and the ability to govern their most sensitive data. Now, with the Virtru Data Security Platform and Cloudflare R2, they no longer have to. Ray Sharma is an Industry Analyst and Editor at The Fast Mode. He has over 15 years of experience in mobile broadband technologies and solutions, conducting research and analysis on various technology segments and producing articles and write-ups on the latest developments within the sector. He is also in charge of social media engagement and industry liaisons. The Fast Mode 9658 likes TWEETS 28.4K FOLLOWING 3479 FOLLOWERS 13.2K