Cloudflare Outage Disrupts ChatGPT, X, and Spotify on Tuesday
A significant outage affecting several popular websites occurred on Tuesday, disrupting services for users worldwide. This incident was linked to Cloudflare, a major content delivery network.
Details of the Outage
At approximately 7 a.m. ET, users began reporting accessibility issues with various platforms including X, ChatGPT, and Spotify. The gaming platform League of Legends was also notably affected.
Impact on Users
By 9 a.m. ET, over 330,000 reports of downtime were logged globally for Cloudflare. Specifically, X had more than 267,000 outage reports. These disruptions were felt not only in the United States but also across international borders.
- 38,000 reports from users in the US
- 35,674 reports from users in Great Britain
Previous Outages
The recent Cloudflare outage bears similarities to previous incidents earlier this year and a major outage from CrowdStrike last year. These recurring disruptions have raised concerns about the reliability of cloud services.
Cloudflare’s Response
Cloudflare acknowledged the service degradation via its system status page. They confirmed they were investigating the cause and focused on restoring functionality. A brief update at 9:34 a.m. ET indicated that some dashboard services had been restored, but broader application service issues persisted.
As of 10 a.m. ET, Cloudflare announced a fix had been implemented, suggesting that services were returning to normal. Users were still experiencing intermittent issues at the time of reporting.
Conclusion
This outage underscores the vulnerabilities present in cloud services that many major websites depend on. Monitoring tools like Downdetector recorded the outage and demonstrated that it was a widespread issue, affecting countless users globally.
