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Cloudflare Releases Open-Source Cloudflare OS Agent Platform

The public code release lets organizations inspect and deploy the agent workspace while Cloudflare keeps control of the hosted runtime, signaling planned managed tools and partner rollouts.

Overview

  • Cloudflare published the rebuilt Cloudflare OS code to GitHub on Thursday, giving other organizations access to the agent workspace, governance layer, and a starter deployment.
  • The platform uses a zero-access-by-default model where service-specific Gatekeeper Workers hold credentials, perform OAuth, enforce policies, and log every resource an agent reads.
  • An observation log ties reads to any agent output so Gatekeepers check a viewer's permissions against the underlying data before showing results.
  • Agent-built apps run as real Cloudflare Workers using Dynamic Workers and Durable Object Facets and talk to clients over Cap'n Web, providing isolated per-app runtime and state.
  • The release is limited: the runtime and hosted execution remain on Cloudflare's edge, initial deployments require the Workers Paid plan, and Cloudflare plans managed tooling and partner-led rollouts with firms such as Presidio and Happy Cog.