A global disruption to prominent websites has been attributed to problems with infrastructure provider Cloudflare.
Leading online platforms, including X and ChatGPT, experienced temporary service interruptions on Tuesday, triggered by a disruption at internet infrastructure provider Cloudflare. Even downdetector.com, a widely used service for monitoring website outages, was impacted.
The company communicated via its status page shortly before noon UTC, stating it was experiencing an “internal service degradation,” and was actively looking into the problem.
Cloudflare’s servers function as a “reverse proxy,” channeling internet traffic through its system to safeguard its clients from potential cyberattacks. The company secures almost 20% of all websites globally.
Key websites relying on Cloudflare’s protection have encountered sporadic service interruptions.
Last month, a significant service disruption at Amazon Web Services (AWS) led to extensive interruptions across various online services. A singular technical failure has the potential to impact millions of users.