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Cloudflare Outage Triggers Global Disruptions as Company Reports Fix

The episode underscored reliance on a handful of infrastructure providers, with Cloudflare carrying a large share of global traffic.

Overview

  • Cloudflare said it identified the cause of a widespread incident, implemented a correction and is monitoring systems after elevated error rates.
  • Many high-profile services were temporarily unreachable, with reports citing X, ChatGPT/OpenAI, PayPal, Ikea, Discord, Truth Social and gaming platforms.
  • Users and customers saw 500 errors, and Cloudflare’s dashboard, API and support portal experienced issues during the disruption.
  • As part of remediation, Cloudflare temporarily disabled WARP access in London, interrupting connections for users in that region.
  • Business outlets reported the company’s shares fell more than five percent in U.S. pre-market trading during the outage, which followed a recent AWS incident spotlighting concentration risk.