Topic: cloudflare outage
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Cloudflare Outage: Database Glitch Caused Widespread Disruption
Cloudflare experienced its most severe outage in six years, disrupting countless websites and online services for nearly six hours due to a database permissions adjustment that triggered a chain reaction of failures. The outage was caused by a routine update that inadvertently created duplicate d...
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Cloudflare Outage Disrupts Internet Due to Bot Management Error
A widespread internet disruption was caused by an internal configuration error at Cloudflare, not an external cyberattack, after a critical file unexpectedly doubled in size. The oversized file in the bot management system triggered software failures, halting updates and affecting core services l...
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Internet Rebounds After Major Cloudflare Outage
A major Cloudflare network outage disrupted numerous high-traffic websites and services, including X, ChatGPT, and Amazon Web Services, due to its critical role in web infrastructure. The outage was caused by an internal configuration error that created an oversized file, leading to software fail...
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Major Outage: Cloudflare Disrupts X, ChatGPT, and Downdetector
A widespread outage at Cloudflare caused significant disruptions to numerous popular internet platforms, including X, ChatGPT, and Downdetector, with services now showing initial signs of recovery. The disruption was triggered by an unexplained spike in unusual traffic targeting a core Cloudflare...
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Cloudflare Outage Linked to React2Shell Mitigation Efforts
A widespread Cloudflare outage was caused by an emergency security patch for a critical, actively exploited vulnerability (React2Shell/CVE-2025-55182) in React Server Components, not by a cyberattack. The update, intended to block exploitation attempts, inadvertently failed and disrupted about 28...
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Cloudflare Outages: Not If, But When
A widespread outage at Cloudflare disrupted major websites and services like X, ChatGPT, and Spotify, highlighting the internet's heavy reliance on a few key infrastructure providers. Experts warn that such outages are becoming more frequent and severe, urging companies to build redundancy and re...
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Gemini 3 Arrived Just as the Internet Exhaled
On a Tuesday marked by a massive Cloudflare outage that took down ChatGPT, Google launched Gemini 3 just as the internet stabilized. This coincidence highlights a critical shift in the AI race: the move from pure capability battles to a focus on infrastructure resilience and vertical integration.
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Cloudflare Outage That Took Down ChatGPT Explained
A major Cloudflare outage disrupted numerous popular websites and services, including ChatGPT, revealing the heavy reliance many platforms have on its infrastructure for traffic management and security. The outage was caused by a configuration error in an internal database query, which led to a f...
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Cloudflare Outage Knocks X Offline After Musk's AWS Taunt
A major Cloudflare outage disrupted access to numerous popular websites and applications, highlighting the internet's vulnerability due to reliance on a few key infrastructure providers. Elon Musk faced irony as his platform X was affected, shortly after he had publicly mocked a competitor's outa...
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Cloudflare Outage: How 5xx Errors Impact Your SEO
Cloudflare outages can cause temporary 5xx server errors, which primarily affect search engine crawling but rarely lead to immediate ranking drops if resolved quickly. Google treats temporary 5xx errors by slowing down crawling temporarily, and only prolonged errors risk de-indexing, with normal ...
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