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title: Random
description: Distribute requests randomly across origins.
image: https://developers.cloudflare.com/core-services-preview.png
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# Random

**Random steering** sends requests to endpoints purely based on [endpoint weights](https://developers.cloudflare.com/load-balancing/understand-basics/traffic-steering/origin-level-steering/#weights). Distributes traffic more accurately, but may cause requests from the same IP to hit different endpoints.

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```