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Cloudflare Outage Briefly Knocks Major Sites Offline as Company Rolls Out Fix

The web security firm says it located the network problem with remediation now in progress.

Overview

  • Cloudflare detected the disruption shortly before 13:00 Netherlands time and began posting status updates on the incident.
  • Affected sites showed messages citing an internal server error on Cloudflare’s network.
  • Reported disruptions hit platforms and organizations including X and X Pro, Google, OpenAI, Spotify, Ikea, VVD, D66, Alzheimer Nederland, NH Nieuws, and Omroep Brabant.
  • Cloudflare says it identified the fault and is applying a fix, with many services experiencing only brief interruptions.
  • The outage timing overlapped with scheduled maintenance at a Santiago, Chile datacenter, though no link has been confirmed and no full restoration time was given.