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title: Prioritized traffic · Cloudflare One docs
description: Prioritized traffic allows you to define which applications are
  processed first by Connector.
lastUpdated: 2025-11-04T17:07:51.000Z
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  html: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/networks/connectors/wan-tunnels/configuration/appliances/network-options/application-based-policies/prioritized-traffic/
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---

Prioritized traffic allows you to define which applications Magic WAN Connector should process first. Applications not in the list will be queued behind prioritized traffic.

Similarly to breakout traffic, prioritized traffic also works via DNS requests inspection.

Warning

Prioritized traffic will not work for applications that use DNS-over-HTTPS.

## Add an application to your account

Before you can add or remove Prioritized traffic applications to your Magic WAN Connector, you need to create an account-level list with the applications that you want to configure. Currently, adding to or modifying this list is only possible via API, through the [`managed_app_id`](https://developers.cloudflare.com/api/resources/magic_transit/subresources/apps/methods/create/) endpoint.

To add applications to your account:

Send a `POST` request to add new apps to your account.

Required API token permissions

At least one of the following [token permissions](https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/api/reference/permissions/) is required:

* `Magic WAN Write`
* `Magic Transit Write`

```bash
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/$ACCOUNT_ID/magic/apps" \
  --request POST \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer $CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN" \
  --json '{
    "managed_app_id": "<APP_ID>",
    "name": "<APP_NAME>",
    "type": "<APP_TYPE>"
  }'
```

```json
{
  "result": {
    "account_app_id": "eb09v665c0784618a3e4ba9809258fd4",
    "name": "<APP_NAME>",
    "type": "<APP_TYPE>",
  },
  "success": true,
  "errors": [],
  "messages": []
}
```

You can now add this new app to the Prioritized traffic list in your Magic WAN Connector.

### Add an application to Magic WAN Connector

You need to configure Prioritized traffic applications for each of your existing sites, as this is a per-site configuration.

* Dashboard

  1. Log in to the [Cloudflare One dashboard](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com/), and go to **Networks**.
  2. Go to **Connectors** > **Appliances** > **Profiles**.

  1) Select the Magic WAN Connector you want to configure > **Edit**.
  2) Select **Traffic Steering**.
  3) In **Prioritized traffic**, select **Create**.
  4) Select one or more applications that should bypass Cloudflare filtering from the list. You can also use the search box.

  1. Select **Save**.

  The traffic for the application you chose is now processed first by Connector.

* API

  Note

  You will need your [account ID](https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/account/find-account-and-zone-ids/) and [API Key](https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/api/get-started/keys/#view-your-global-api-key) to use the API.

  1. Send a `GET` [request](https://developers.cloudflare.com/api/resources/magic_transit/subresources/apps/methods/list/) to list the applications associated with an account.

     Required API token permissions

     At least one of the following [token permissions](https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/api/reference/permissions/) is required:

     * `Magic WAN Write`
     * `Magic WAN Read`
     * `Magic Transit Read`
     * `Magic Transit Write`

     ```bash
     curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/$ACCOUNT_ID/magic/apps" \
       --request GET \
       --header "Authorization: Bearer $CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN"
     ```

     ```json
       {
         "result": [
           {
             "managed_app_id": "<APP_ID>",
             "name": "<APP_NAME>",
             "type": "File Sharing",
             "hostnames": [
               "<app_name.com>",
               "<app-name.info>"
             ]
           }
         ]
       }
     ```

     Take note of the `"managed_app_id"` value for any application you want to add.

  2. Send a `POST` request to add new apps to the Prioritized traffic policy.

     Required API token permissions

     At least one of the following [token permissions](https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/api/reference/permissions/) is required:

     * `Magic WAN Write`
     * `Magic Transit Write`

     ```bash
     curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/$ACCOUNT_ID/magic/sites/$SITE_ID/app_configs" \
       --request POST \
       --header "Authorization: Bearer $CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN" \
       --json '{
         "managed_app_id": "<MANAGED_APP_ID>",
         "breakout": true
       }'
     ```

     ```json
     {
       "result": {
         "account_app_id": "<APP_ID>",
         "name": "<APP_NAME>",
         "type": "<BREAKOUT_OR_PRIORITY>"
       },
       "success": true,
       "errors": [],
       "messages": []
     }
     ```

### Delete an application from Magic WAN Connector

* Dashboard

  1. Log in to the [Cloudflare One dashboard](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com/), and go to **Networks**.
  2. Go to **Connectors** > **Appliances** > **Profiles**.

  1) Select the Connector you want to configure > **Edit**.
  2) Select **Traffic Steering**.
  3) In **Prioritized traffic**, find the application you want to delete > select the **three dots** next to it > **Remove application traffic**.
  4) (Optional) If you have several pages of applications, you can use the search box to quickly find the application you are looking for.

* API

  Note

  You will need your [account ID](https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/account/find-account-and-zone-ids/) and [API Key](https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/api/get-started/keys/#view-your-global-api-key) to use the API.

  You need to delete Prioritized traffic applications for each of your existing sites, as this is a per-site configuration.

  1. Send a [`GET` request](https://developers.cloudflare.com/api/resources/magic_transit/subresources/apps/methods/list/) to list the applications associated with a site.

     Required API token permissions

     At least one of the following [token permissions](https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/api/reference/permissions/) is required:

     * `Magic WAN Write`
     * `Magic WAN Read`
     * `Magic Transit Read`
     * `Magic Transit Write`

     ```bash
     curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/$ACCOUNT_ID/magic/sites/$SITE_ID/app_configs" \
       --request GET \
       --header "Authorization: Bearer $CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN"
     ```

     ```json
       {
         "result": [
           {
             "id": "<APP_ID>",
             "site_id": "<SITE_ID>",
             "managed_app_id": "<APP_NAME>",
             "breakout": true
           }
         ]
       }
     ```

     Take note of the `"id"` value for the application that want to delete.

  2. Send a `DELETE` request to delete an application from the Prioritized traffic policy.

     ```bash
     curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/%7Baccount_id%7D/magic/sites/%7Bsite_id%7D/app_configs/%7Bid%7D" \
       --request DELETE
     ```

     ```json
     {
         "result": {
             "id": "<APP_ID>",
             "site_id": "<SITE_ID>",
             "managed_app_id": "<APP_NAME>",
             "breakout": true
         },
         "success": true,
         "errors": [],
         "messages": []
     }
     ```
