Cloudflare Outage Knocks Major Websites Offline
- Publish date: Tuesday، 18 November 2025 Reading time: 1 min read
Massive Cloudflare outage disrupts global internet services, exposing dependence on major infrastructure providers.
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A major Cloudflare outage on Monday left millions of users struggling to access some of the world’s most popular websites, triggering a wave of global disruptions across key online services.
The internet infrastructure giant, which powers and protects countless platforms, began experiencing issues early in the day, leading to widespread loading failures and site crashes. The outage affected everything from social media and AI tools to outage-tracking platforms themselves.
Among the platforms hit were X (formerly Twitter), ChatGPT, and numerous other high-traffic websites that rely on Cloudflare's network for performance and security. In a twist of irony, even “Is It Down Right Now,” a service designed to check website outages, went offline due to its reliance on Cloudflare’s systems.
For many users, the experience varied — with some websites partially loading, while others became completely inaccessible. The incident quickly raised concerns about the growing dependency on a handful of major infrastructure providers that keep the global internet functioning.
As of now, Cloudflare has acknowledged the outage and says engineers are actively working on restoring service, though the cause of the disruption has not yet been publicly detailed.
The outage serves as another reminder of the fragility of the internet backbone — and just how much everyday digital life depends on a few key players staying online.
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