I’m experiencing continuous, high-volume outbound traffic from my Next.js application deployed on Vercel. The traffic is suspicious and happens continuously (not just on page load), primarily from the `[category]` and `products/[slug]` pages. When monitoring Vercel logs and outbound traffic metrics,…

Hey there, @oalbacha ! Just checking in on your issue with the continuous high-volume outbound traffic from your Next.js app. Have you found a solution, or do you still need some help with this?

Hi @pawlean Not yet and it is driving me insane. How would I know what is causing the high traffic? Can you please help?

Thanks for coming back and sharing what worked for you, @oalbacha ! :smiley:

Oddly high traffic

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oalbacha (Omar Albacha) February 3, 2026, 10:25am 13

Right I enabled AI bot protection under firewall > manage bots and all the high traffic was significantly reduced.

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Oddly high traffic

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