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| Cloudflare is an internet infrastructure company that provides security and performance services for websites and applications. |
Cloudflare experienced a major outage that caused widespread disruptions across many websites and online services. The failure began late in the morning UTC when a surge of HTTP 500 errors appeared across systems that rely on the company’s infrastructure.
The issue was traced to a change in a database permission that caused a key file used by Cloudflare’s Bot Management system to grow beyond the limits of its routing equipment. The oversized file triggered failures across the network and caused a cascade of service interruptions.
The company reported that the outage was not caused by a cyberattack or any malicious activity. Engineers rolled back the problematic change and restored service in stages through the afternoon, with full recovery completed later that day.
The event underscored the internet’s dependence on a small number of core infrastructure providers. Services from social platforms to financial trading systems experienced interruptions, and analysts noted that the financial sector may have suffered substantial trading volume losses during the downtime. Cloudflare stated that it will strengthen its internal processes to prevent similar failures in the future.