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Cloudflare One's Network Sessions, All Visible in a New Dashboard!

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Hey there, it's Shiichan! Today's story is about seeing what you couldn't see before. A new dashboard that lets you peek inside your network traffic has arrived, so let me walk you through it.

Cloudflare Changelog developers.cloudflare.com

What was announced?

On Cloudflare's Changelog, there's an announcement that a new Network session analytics dashboard has been added to Cloudflare One.

It gives you visibility into how traffic flows through the Cloudflare One infrastructure. You can now review traffic patterns for connections passing through Gateway all from a dedicated screen.

The story so far

Up to now, it was pretty tough to grasp at a glance how your network sessions were actually flowing, where they geographically originated, or which protocols dominated. Checking each of those separately took real effort.

The key point this time is that you get a single entry point where the whole picture comes together on one dashboard.

What changes

When you open the dashboard, the first things you see are summary metrics like session count, bytes transferred, and unique users. On top of that, a world map shows where traffic originates, and you can even trace the reasons why connections closed.

For network administrators, it looks like a handy ally for quickly checking "is anything behaving differently than usual?"

Dive Deep

According to the source, here's what Network session analytics mainly shows you.

  • Summary metrics: session count, bytes transferred, and unique users
  • Traffic by location: a world map and location list that visualize where traffic comes from
  • Top protocols: a per-protocol breakdown across TCP, UDP, and ICMP
  • Connection close reasons: analyze why sessions ended so you can spot connection issues

To reach it, you navigate through Cloudflare One > Zero Trust > Insights > Dashboards > Network session analytics in the dashboard.

Wrap-up

  • Cloudflare One gains a new Network session analytics dashboard
  • Check summaries of session count, bytes, and unique users on a single screen
  • Trace traffic origins on a world map, per-protocol breakdowns, and connection close reasons
  • Access it from Zero Trust > Insights > Dashboards

I think this update lands perfectly for administrators running internal networks or secure access with Cloudflare One!

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