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Cloudflare Outage Disrupts Major Sites Amid Traffic Spike

11/19/2025

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Cloudflare Outage Impact

On November 18, 2025, Cloudflare, Inc. suffered a global outage affecting major sites such as Shopify, Indeed, and X after a spike in unusual traffic around 6:20 a.m. ET.
By 9:57 a.m. ET, Cloudflare announced a fix, though some users may still face issues.
The outage followed disruptions at Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure, while Cloudflare's services manage about 20% of the web; its shares fell over 3%.

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Cloudflare Disruption Analysis

On November 18, 2025, Cloudflare's outage disrupted services including Spotify and ChatGPT.
The disruption stemmed from a configuration file error, not a cyberattack.
Experts noted that reliance on a few major providers increases the impact of outages.
Cisco's data show 12 major outages in 2025 and reveal a trend that configuration changes often lead to widespread disruptions.
Analysts warn that these incidents are likely to continue as digital dependency grows.

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Cloudflare Outage Impact

On November 18, 2025, Cloudflare, Inc. suffered a global outage affecting major sites such as Shopify, Indeed, and X after a spike in unusual traffic around 6:20 a.m. ET.
By 9:57 a.m. ET, Cloudflare announced a fix, though some users may still face issues.
The outage followed disruptions at Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure, while Cloudflare's services manage about 20% of the web; its shares fell over 3%.

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