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# Actions

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Add **actions** to customize how your load balancer responds to certain HTTP requests.

Each load balancing rule includes one or more actions.

## Supported Actions

This table lists the actions available for Load Balancing rules. For a walkthrough, refer to [Create Load Balancing rules](https://docs-durable-objects-instance-replaced-errors.previews.developers.cloudflare.com/load-balancing/additional-options/load-balancing-rules/create-rules/).

| Action           | Options             | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| ---------------- | ------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| _Fixed response_ | _N/A_               | Respond to the request with an HTTP status code and an optional message.                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| _Override_       | _Session affinity_  | Set the [session affinity](https://docs-durable-objects-instance-replaced-errors.previews.developers.cloudflare.com/load-balancing/understand-basics/session-affinity/) for the request. You can customize cookie behavior and session time-to-live (TTL).     |
| _Override_       | _Load balancer TTL_ | Customize the load balancer session time-to-live (TTL).                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| _Override_       | _Steering policy_   | Update the [steering policy](https://docs-durable-objects-instance-replaced-errors.previews.developers.cloudflare.com/load-balancing/understand-basics/traffic-steering/steering-policies/) associated with your load balancer.                                |
| _Override_       | _Fallback pool_     | Update the [fallback pools](https://docs-durable-objects-instance-replaced-errors.previews.developers.cloudflare.com/load-balancing/understand-basics/traffic-steering/steering-policies/standard-options/#off---failover) associated with your load balancer. |
| _Override_       | _Pools_             | Update the [pools](https://docs-durable-objects-instance-replaced-errors.previews.developers.cloudflare.com/load-balancing/pools/) associated with your load balancer.                                                                                         |
| _Override_       | _Region pools_      | Update the [region pools](https://docs-durable-objects-instance-replaced-errors.previews.developers.cloudflare.com/load-balancing/understand-basics/traffic-steering/steering-policies/geo-steering/) associated with your load balancer.                      |
| _Override_       | _Terminates_        | Stop processing Load Balancing rules and apply the current load balancing logic to the request.                                                                                                                                                                |

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