How Under Attack Mode saves your website#

When you activate Under Attack Mode, WebOptiva immediately engages two powerful emergency shields:

• Aggressive Traffic Clamping: Traffic speed limits are tightened by 80%. A visitor normally permitted 100 requests per minute is temporarily restricted to 20 requests per minute, instantly cutting malicious attack concurrency by four-fifths.
• Origin Cache Lock Fallback: If your web hosting server begins struggling, timing out, or throwing 502/503 errors under the load, WebOptiva automatically serves previously saved cached copies of your web pages. Your real visitors continue reading articles and viewing products, and your site never appears broken.

Step-by-step: how to activate emergency defense#

1. Open Security operations. At the very top of the screen, you will see a prominent emergency banner.
2. Make sure the affected domain name is selected in the domain dropdown.
3. In the Under Attack Mode card, choose how long you want the emergency shield to remain active: 30 minutes, 1 hour (Recommended), 6 hours, or Indefinite.
4. Click the red Activate Protection button.
5. The banner instantly shifts to an active emergency state with a pulsing flame icon, reading UNDER ATTACK MODE ACTIVE alongside the scheduled auto-expiry time.

Automatic shutoff — no need to remember#

You do not need to worry about forgetting to turn emergency protection off. When the chosen timer expires, WebOptiva automatically returns your website to standard everyday security settings. If the attack stops early, you can click the Stand Down / Deactivate button at any time to return to normal immediately.

Expected result#

An instant emergency safety net that rescues your website from crashing during heavy traffic storms, keeps your pages visible to the public, and automatically turns off when the storm passes.