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A massive internet disruption rippled across the globe today, taking down several major digital services including ChatGPT, X (formerly Twitter) and numerous websites that rely on Cloudflare’s infrastructure. The outage began earlier in the day and quickly escalated into one of the most widespread service failures of the year, affecting millions of users across regions.
Cloudflare, the internet infrastructure giant that powers traffic for a large portion of the web, confirmed it is experiencing a global network issue that has caused intermittent failures and outages across its ecosystem. The company stressed that there is currently no evidence of a security breach and said user data remains safe, even as engineers work to identify the root cause and restore stability.
Users across the U.S., U.K., Europe and parts of Asia reported being unable to access basic features on X, with timelines failing to load and posts refusing to publish. ChatGPT users also faced timeouts, error messages and an inability to run tasks, with OpenAI acknowledging that its services were affected and that a fix was being deployed.
As the outage spread, a wave of reports surged on monitoring platforms such as Downdetector, indicating widespread problems across thousands of websites and cloud-based tools. Early signs pointed to large-scale traffic failures within Cloudflare’s network, which acts as a gateway for a huge share of global internet traffic. The cascading impact underscored the concentration of modern web infrastructure on a handful of providers and how disruptions at a single point can bring large parts of the internet to a standstill.
Several organisations have begun issuing advisories to employees and customers, urging them to expect delays in digital services until Cloudflare fully restores functionality. While some platforms have started to recover partially, the instability continues, and no timeline for complete resolution has been announced.
This is a developing story and will be updated as more information becomes available.
Cloudflare, the internet infrastructure giant that powers traffic for a large portion of the web, confirmed it is experiencing a global network issue that has caused intermittent failures and outages across its ecosystem. The company stressed that there is currently no evidence of a security breach and said user data remains safe, even as engineers work to identify the root cause and restore stability.
Users across the U.S., U.K., Europe and parts of Asia reported being unable to access basic features on X, with timelines failing to load and posts refusing to publish. ChatGPT users also faced timeouts, error messages and an inability to run tasks, with OpenAI acknowledging that its services were affected and that a fix was being deployed.
As the outage spread, a wave of reports surged on monitoring platforms such as Downdetector, indicating widespread problems across thousands of websites and cloud-based tools. Early signs pointed to large-scale traffic failures within Cloudflare’s network, which acts as a gateway for a huge share of global internet traffic. The cascading impact underscored the concentration of modern web infrastructure on a handful of providers and how disruptions at a single point can bring large parts of the internet to a standstill.
Several organisations have begun issuing advisories to employees and customers, urging them to expect delays in digital services until Cloudflare fully restores functionality. While some platforms have started to recover partially, the instability continues, and no timeline for complete resolution has been announced.
This is a developing story and will be updated as more information becomes available.
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