Bot Detection and Mitigation
Vercel security roundup: improved bot defenses, DoS mitigations, and insights

Vercel security roundup: improved bot defenses, DoS mitigations, and insights

5/23/2025

What this post added

Introduced Bot Filter public beta, a managed WAF ruleset for advanced bot protection that can be activated with one click. This feature challenges non-browser bot traffic while allowing verified webhook providers and internal cron jobs. The post also details a significant increase in malicious traffic and IP addresses, with Vercel's WAF mitigating over 148 billion malicious requests from over 108 million unique IP addresses.

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