Is X down? Cloudflare outage impacts ChatGPT, Spotify, more websites [View all]

Source: USA Today

Cloudflare, an internet infrastructure platform, is experiencing an outage that appears to be affecting websites across the internet, including the social media platform X.

The company said in a status update before 7 a.m. EST on Nov. 18 that it was aware of "an issue which potentially impacts multiple customers,” and was investigating the problem.

In a statement to USA TODAY around 8:30 a.m. EST, Cloudflare said it "saw a spike in unusual traffic" to one of its services around 6:20 a.m. EST.

"That caused some traffic passing through Cloudflare's network to experience errors. We do not yet know the cause of the spike in unusual traffic. We are all hands on deck to make sure all traffic is served without errors. After that, we will turn our attention to investigating the cause of the unusual spike in traffic," the statement said.

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