Cloudflare Radar¶

Cloudflare Radar provides network incident data based on traffic anomaly detection across Cloudflare's global network.

Overview¶

Property	Value
Type	Network incidents
Coverage	Global
Update Frequency	Real-time
Confidence Score	0.9
Source Identifier	`radar`

Data Provided¶

ASN-level network incidents
Traffic anomaly detection
Geographic location (country/region)
Incident severity and status

Authentication¶

Requires RADAR_API_TOKEN environment variable.

API Endpoint¶

https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/radar/annotations/outages

Incident Fields¶

Field	Source
`id`	Generated: `radar-{event_id}`
`kind`	Always `"network"`
`asn`	ASN from Radar (e.g., `AS13335`)
`region`	Country or location name
`summary`	Event description from Radar
`lat`, `lon`	Geographic coordinates

Example Response¶

{
  "id": "radar-evt-123456",
  "kind": "network",
  "status": "ongoing",
  "startedAt": "2025-01-15T08:00:00Z",
  "confidence": 0.9,
  "summary": "Network disruption detected for AS12345",
  "region": "Germany",
  "asn": "AS12345",
  "source": "radar",
  "lat": 51.1657,
  "lon": 10.4515
}

Advantages¶

High accuracy due to Cloudflare's traffic visibility
Global coverage
Real-time detection
Curated incident data

Limitations¶

Requires API token
May not detect incidents on networks with low Cloudflare traffic