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title: Cloudflare Trace limitations
description: Known limitations when using the Trace feature.
image: https://developers.cloudflare.com/core-services-preview.png
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# Cloudflare Trace limitations

## Automatic rule bypasses

Trace does not display rules that are automatically bypassed for operational reasons.

For example, when SSL/TLS certificates are in `pending_validation` status, security rules are automatically disabled for domain control validation (DCV) paths like `/.well-known/pki-validation/` and `/.well-known/acme-challenge/`. These bypasses will not appear in trace results.

For more information, refer to [Why are some rules bypassed?](https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/troubleshooting/faq/#why-are-some-rules-bypassed-when-i-did-not-create-an-exception) in the WAF documentation.

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## Unsupported features

Trace currently does not support:

* Hostnames using [Data Localization Suite](https://developers.cloudflare.com/data-localization/)
* [Spectrum](https://developers.cloudflare.com/spectrum/) applications

Additionally, the following products will not appear in trace results:

* [Firewall rules (deprecated)](https://developers.cloudflare.com/firewall/)
* [Load Balancing](https://developers.cloudflare.com/load-balancing/) and [Load Balancer Custom Rules](https://developers.cloudflare.com/load-balancing/additional-options/load-balancing-rules/)
* [IP Access rules](https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/tools/ip-access-rules/)
* [Rate limiting rules (previous version)](https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/reference/legacy/old-rate-limiting/)
* [WAF managed rules (previous version)](https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/reference/legacy/old-waf-managed-rules/)
* [Content security rules](https://developers.cloudflare.com/client-side-security/rules/)

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```