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header: Special Service Guide Update for December 7, 2022
lang: en
last_updated: null
url: https://docs.fastly.com/changes/significant/2022/12/07/special
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On April 30, 2023, the Fastly WAF (WAF Legacy and WAF 2020) will reach its [end of life](https://docs.fastly.com/products/fastly-product-lifecycle#product-or-feature-retirement) date and will no longer be supported for existing customers. As an alternative, the [Fastly Next-Gen WAF](https://docs.fastly.com/products/fastly-next-gen-waf) offers similar functionality as well as additional features. This product is a web application firewall that monitors for suspicious and anomalous web traffic and protects, in real-time, against attacks directed at the applications and origin servers that you specify. It can be controlled via the web interface dashboard or [application programming interface](https://www.fastly.com/documentation/signalsciences/api/) (API). We encourage you to contact [waftransition@fastly.com](mailto:waftransition@fastly.com) or your Fastly account team to evaluate Fastly Next-Gen WAF and begin the transition process.