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description: API Shield now automatically labels inactive saved endpoints with the cf-risk-zombie risk label.
title: New Zombie API detection for API Shield
image: https://developers.cloudflare.com/changelog/post/2025-11-25-zombie-endpoint-risk-label/og.png?v=5b8c5146d781f91f
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November 25, 2025

## New Zombie API detection for API Shield

[API Shield](https://developers.cloudflare.com/api-shield/)

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API Shield now automatically detects zombie endpoints — saved endpoints that have not received traffic for an extended period. When detected, the `cf-risk-zombie` [risk label](https://developers.cloudflare.com/api-shield/management-and-monitoring/endpoint-labels/#risk-labels) is applied.

The scan runs daily alongside existing risk scans. Endpoints are labeled after 32 days without traffic.

Zombie endpoints may indicate deprecated or forgotten API surface area that could pose a security risk. Review these endpoints and consider removing them from Endpoint Management if they are no longer in use. Also consider using a [fallthrough rule](https://developers.cloudflare.com/api-shield/security/schema-validation/#add-validation-by-adding-a-fallthrough-rule) to prevent communication with endpoints removed from Endpoint Management.

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