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Major internet platforms are experiencing service disruptions on the morning of Nov. 18, following a reported outage by Cloudflare. Here's what we know.
Cloudflare said on Tuesday morning that it was "all hands on deck" trying to work out the cause of the outage.
Cloudflare is an internet infrastructure platform that powers many popular websites, including Spotify, OpenAI, League of Legends, and more. Cloudflare said the outage was resolved as of 9:30 a.m. EST, and all services would return to normal over the next several hours.
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.
A Cloudflare software failure caused major sites like Spotify, X and ChatGPT to go dark, highlighting the internet’s growing centralization.
Cloudflare Inc is a US based company that provides content delivery network services, cybersecurity tools, and protection against distributed denial of service attacks, along with several other internet support services.
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,