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title: cf.ray_id
description: The Ray ID of the current request.
image: https://developers.cloudflare.com/core-services-preview.png
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#  cf.ray\_id 

`cf.ray_id` ` String ` 

The Ray ID of the current request.

A [Ray ID](https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/reference/cloudflare-ray-id/) is an identifier given to every request that goes through Cloudflare.

Categories: 
* Request

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