Add new application categories for HTTP traffic management

This update introduces new application categories for Gateway, enhancing control over outbound traffic. It includes a transition period for remapping existing applications to the new categories.

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+title: New Application Categories Added for HTTP Traffic Management
+description: Manage outbound traffic with more granular application categories
+date: 2025-10-28
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+This update significantly improves your control over HTTP traffic by introducing new, more granular application categories in the Gateway product. 
+This change is part of our continuous effort to give you more targeted action and flexible policy creation against unwanted outbound traffic.
+
+We've added the following categories to provide more precise organization and allow for finer-grained policy creation, designed around how users interact with different types of applications:
+- Business
+- Education
+- Entertainment & Events
+- Food & Drink
+- Health & Fitness
+- Lifestyle
+- Music & Audio Streaming
+- Navigation
+- News, Books, & Magazines
+- Photography & Graphic Design
+- Travel
+- Video Streaming & Editing
+
+With this update, you can:
+- Create more flexible and powerful HTTP policies by targeting precise application categories.
+- Achieve more accurate traffic management and policy enforcement.
+- Improve your organization's security posture with greater control over application-level traffic.
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+The new categories are live now, but we are providing a transition period for existing applications to be fully remapped to these new categories. 
+The full remapping will be completed by January 30, 2026.
+
+We encourage you to use this time to:
+- Review the new category structure.
+- Identify and adjust any existing HTTP policies that reference older categories to ensure a smooth transition.
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+For more information on creating DNS policies, see our [DNS policy documentation](/cloudflare-one/traffic-policies/dns-policies/).