CI would verify it's enabled first: https://developers.cloudflare.com/automatic-platform-optimization/get-started/verify-apo-works/. You'd also be bypassing it if are an admin or logged in user/not seeing the benefits as all.
Cloudflare Docs
You can check whether or not APO is working by verifying APO headers are present. When APO is working, three headers are present: CF-Cache-Status, …
