Cloudflare outage takes X, ChatGPT and other major sites
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Cloudflare said on Tuesday morning that it was "all hands on deck" trying to work out the cause of the outage.
Major internet platforms are experiencing service disruptions on the morning of Nov. 18, following a reported outage by Cloudflare. Here's what we know.
A widespread internet disruption is affecting popular platforms like X and ChatGPT due to issues with Cloudflare, a major content delivery network provider. Users are encountering error messages and are unable to access various websites and online services.
For several hours Tuesday, a significant portion of the internet was unavailable in Cloudflare's worst outage since 2019.
On DownDetector, the issues with X are being reported as 58% app problems and 32% web. Users are unable to access their accounts on the app or on desktop. It is now reported that X is beginning to operate as normal with users being able to access their accounts.
Popular websites and apps like X, Spotify, and OpenAI experienced high rates of outages. Cloudflare announced it had implemented a fix and resolved the issue by mid-morning. Issues at Cloudflare, an internet services company,
Web services provider Cloudflare got hit by an outage on Tuesday, disrupting access to many websites and services including OpenAI, Spotify, X, Grindr, Letterboxd and Canva. Cloudflare is a cloud services and cybersecurity company based in San Francisco that is used by approximately 20% of all websites,
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Is X down? Social media users report app issues due to Cloudflare outage
Thousands of social media users have reported issues with X within the last few hours due to a major Cloudflare outage. On Downdetector, there was a peak of nearly 5,000 reports, just before midday. However,