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Cloudflare Fixes Global Outage That Disrupted X, ChatGPT and Other Major Sites

Cloudflare attributed the failure to a latent bot‑mitigation bug triggered by a routine configuration change, saying it was not an attack.

FILE - Lava lamps are seen through a lobby window at the headquarters of Cloudflare in San Francisco, Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)
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Overview

  • Cloudflare reported a spike in unusual traffic around 11:20 UTC that cascaded into widespread 500 errors across parts of its network.
  • A fix was implemented and the incident was declared resolved, with teams continuing to monitor to ensure services return to normal.
  • Major platforms including X, ChatGPT, Spotify and Canva were inaccessible for many users, and even outage tracker DownDetector was affected.
  • Outage reports on DownDetector peaked near 5,000 before falling as services recovered across regions.
  • Cloudflare’s own dashboard, API and support portal experienced issues during the event, with temporary changes to WARP access in London and some lingering customer impacts.