Cloudflare has confirmed a server issue that has knocked out significant parts of the internet.
Social networks such as X / Twitter, as well as websites such as Downdetector and even some video games are inaccessible following the outage. Some affected websites are reporting an internal server error code and pointing users to Cloudflare for more information. Downdetector itself is reporting a 'Please unblock challenges.cloudflare.com to proceed' error message. Tweets on Elon Musk's X are failing to load.
Downdetector, which is recovering itself, reports the Cloudflare outage has knocked out a number of websites and services.
In a statement, web infrastructure company Cloudflare said it was “aware of, and investigating an issue which potentially impacts multiple customers.”
In a status update, Cloudflare said it had identified the issue and implemented a fix. "We have made changes that have allowed Cloudflare Access and WARP to recover," Cloudflare said. "Error levels for Access and WARP users have returned to pre-incident rates."
The Cloudflare outage comes just a month after an Amazon Web Services outage knocked out a number of key websites, social media networks, work platforms, and video games.
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