{"@odata.context":"https://relcomms-prod-dagnegedescbeefs.b02.azurefd.net/api/v2/$metadata#Azure/$entity","id":"567402","productCategories":["Networking","Security"],"tags":["Features","Services"],"products":["Azure Front Door"],"generalAvailabilityDate":null,"previewAvailabilityDate":"2026-07","privatePreviewAvailabilityDate":null,"title":"Public Preview: Azure Front Door edge actions","description":"<p>Announcing the public preview of Azure Front Door&nbsp;edge&nbsp;actions (serverless compute at the edge).</p><p>With&nbsp;edge&nbsp;actions, customers can execute lightweight JavaScript functions during Azure Front Door request processing to make real-time decisions closer to users, improving performance, security, and application flexibility without adding complexity to origin infrastructure.</p><p>Common scenarios include A/B testing and canary deployments, header manipulation, request filtering, dynamic origin&nbsp;selection, URL&nbsp;rewrites,&nbsp;authentication at the&nbsp;edge&nbsp;and many more.&nbsp;</p><p>Edge&nbsp;actions integrate seamlessly with Azure Front Door capabilities such as rules engine, caching, routing, and Web Application Firewall (WAF). Built on Hyperlight, Microsoft’s secure micro-VM technology,&nbsp;edge&nbsp;actions provide hardware-backed isolation for customer code execution.</p><p>Learn more:</p><ul type=\"disc\">\n <li><a href=\"https://aka.ms/EdgeactionsBlog\">Blog\n     announcement</a>&nbsp;</li>\n <li>Azure Front Door edge actions&nbsp;<a href=\"https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/frontdoor/edge-actions\">documentation</a>&nbsp;</li></ul>","status":"In preview","created":"2026-07-14T20:03:32.0753041Z","modified":"2026-07-14T20:03:32.0753041Z","locale":null,"availabilities":[{"ring":"Preview","year":2026,"month":"July"}]}