Widespread Cloudflare outage blamed on mysterious traffic spike

Widespread Cloudflare outage blamed on mysterious traffic spike

A Cloudflare outage caused large chunks of the Internet to go dark Tuesday morning, temporarily impacting big platforms like X and ChatGPT.

“A fix has been implemented and we believe the incident is now resolved. We are continuing to monitor for errors to ensure all services are back to normal,” Cloudflare’s status page said. “Some customers may be still experiencing issues logging into or using the Cloudflare dashboard.”

The company initially attributed the widespread outages to “an internal service degradation” and provided updates as it sought a fix over the past two hours.

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  1. bergnaum.dakota

    It’s interesting to see how a single outage can impact so many online services. It’s a reminder of the interconnected nature of the Internet. Hopefully, things will be back to normal soon for everyone affected.

  2. bgrady

    Absolutely, it really highlights the interconnectedness of our digital infrastructure. It’s fascinating to consider how reliant we’ve become on a few key players like Cloudflare, and how quickly a disruption can ripple through various platforms and services.

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