Sites such as X and Spotify have been impacted today (Tuesday, November 18) due to Cloudflare experiencing issues.
Cloudflare operates as a content delivery network and distributed DNS (domain name system).
Its services protect website owners from peak loads, comment spam attacks and DDoS (distributed denial of service) attacks.
In a statement on the outages, the company said: “Cloudflare is aware of, and investigating an issue which potentially impacts multiple customers.
“Further detail will be provided as more information becomes available.”
Problems began to be reported at around 11am, with thousands of reports for different sites having been raised by midday.
An updated statement from Cloudflare at around 12.40pm shared that some services were recovering.
The company said: "We are seeing services recover, but customers may continue to observe higher-than-normal error rates as we continue remediation efforts."
What services are impacted by the Cloudflare outage?
Some of the major sites and services that have been impacted by the Cloudflare outage include:
- X (formerly known as Twitter)
- Spotify
- OpenAI
- Amazon Web Services
- Canva
- Ikea
- Bet365
- Letterboxd
- Sage
- PayPal
Tracking website Downdetector, which monitors outages, was also hit by the technical problems itself.
What is Downdetector?
Downdetector is an online website that allows users of popular services, including X (Twitter), Instagram, Facebook, Virgin Media and more to report if they are having trouble with the services.
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The site only reports an incident when the number of problem reports is significantly higher than the typical volume for that time of day.
Describing itself on its website, Downdetector is “where people go when services don’t work.”
The website monitors disruptions to various key services, including the internet, web hosting platforms, banks, social media and more.
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