SECOPS

Cloudflare WAF False-Positive Triage with Slack Approval

Watches Cloudflare WAF block events for legitimate traffic that tripped a managed rule, drafts a proposed exception.

CategorySecOps
EngineSim + Paperclip
Difficultyintermediate
Triggerschedule
Steps5
Setup~15 min

How it runs

The automated pipeline, trigger to output.

  • TriggerEvery 30 min, pull recent WAF firewall eventsCloudflareCloudflare
  • LogicCluster blocks by rule ID and score false-positive likelihood
  • ActionDraft scoped exception proposal per high-confidence cluster
  • OutputPost proposal to Slack with approve/reject buttonsSlack
  • ActionOn approval, apply scoped exception to CloudflareCloudflareCloudflare

What it does

Scans recent Cloudflare WAF firewall events, isolates blocks that look like false positives (known-good user agents, internal IP ranges, expected API paths), and turns each cluster into a concrete proposed rule change — a skip rule, a custom exception, or a sensitivity drop on a specific managed rule ID. Nothing is applied automatically; every proposal lands in Slack with the evidence and an Approve / Reject control.

When to use it

Run it when a newly deployed managed ruleset starts blocking real customers and your team is drowning in "why am I blocked" tickets. It keeps a human in the loop so you tune away noise without silently widening your attack surface.

How it works

  1. 1A schedule fires every 30 minutes and pulls Cloudflare firewall events for the trailing window.
  2. 2Logic groups blocks by rule ID and source signature, scoring each cluster for false-positive likelihood.
  3. 3Clusters above the confidence threshold become drafted exception proposals with sample requests attached.
  4. 4Each proposal posts to a Slack secops channel with approve/reject buttons.
  5. 5On approval, the workflow writes the scoped exception back to Cloudflare via the API.

Set it up

What you configure once, before turning it on.

  1. 1
    Connect CloudflareWorkers, Pages, R2, KV — the edge stack.
  2. 2
    Connect SlackChannels, DMs, threads, mentions.
  3. 3
    Set each agent's modelWe leave models unset so you pick the tier — fast + cheap, or top-quality.
  4. 4
    Tune it to your dataEdit the prompts, filters, and field mappings so it matches how your team works.
  5. 5
    Test, then turn it onRun once against a sample, confirm the output, then enable the trigger.

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