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title: Replace wildcard URL purge endpoint with new POST endpoint
summary: null
url: >-
  https://www.fastly.com/documentation/reference/changes/2022/09/change-single-purge-default-endpoint
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Replace the wildcard single URL purge endpoint `PURGE /*` with `POST /purge/{cached_url}`. This avoids a scenario where customers incorrectly try to purge using the Fastly API hostname.