New Live Input Control

Cloudflare Stream now supports disabling and enabling live inputs, giving you granular control over your broadcast infrastructure. When a live input is disabled, any incoming RTMPS and SRT connection attempts will be rejected and fail to connect.

Use Cases

This feature enables several important workflows:

• Temporarily pause inputs without deleting them entirely, preserving configuration and history
• Programmatically end creator broadcasts by disabling inputs on demand
• Prevent unauthorized broadcasts by disabling specific inputs when not needed
• Manage broadcast schedules by enabling/disabling inputs as needed

How to Use

Via API: Update a live input by setting the enabled property to false:

curl --request PUT \
https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/stream/live_inputs/{input_id} \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--data '{"enabled": false}'

Via Dashboard: Toggle inputs directly from the Live inputs list page or the live input detail page.

All existing live inputs remain enabled by default. For detailed implementation guidance, refer to Start a live stream in the Cloudflare documentation.