Overview
- The disruption generated widespread 500 errors and interrupted access to platforms including X, ChatGPT/OpenAI, Spotify, Canva and Perplexity.
- Cloudflare reported failures affecting its Dashboard, API and support portal, though customers could still reach support via live chat or emergency phone lines.
- Outage reports on Downdetector spiked, with X peaking near 10,000 user reports, and the tracker itself experienced intermittent issues.
- Engineers applied mitigations, restored Access and WARP after temporary limits in London, and later said a fix resolved the incident as some users continued to see elevated errors or login problems.
- Cloudflare said the issue began around 11:20 UTC, its shares fell about 5% in premarket trading, and regulators such as Pakistan’s PTA monitored local impact.