Cloudflare Outage Resolved: Global Network Fixed, Websites Stabilize (Nov 18)

Widespread Internet Disruptions End as Cloudflare Implements Successful Fix

Nov 18, 2025 – Cloudflare, the internet infrastructure giant, confirmed today that it has resolved a major incident that caused widespread global network issues and disrupted access to numerous high-traffic websites and online services, including platforms like X (formerly Twitter), ChatGPT, and Spotify.

The company’s status page provided the final resolution update at 14:42 UTC, stating: “A fix has been implemented and we believe the incident is now resolved. We are continuing to monitor for errors to ensure all services are back to normal.”

The incident, which saw users across the globe encounter service errors and high latency, began earlier in the day and was linked to an unexplained “spike in unusual traffic” to one of Cloudflare’s core services. The company’s immediate response focused on mitigating the problem and deploying a fix to restore stability.

While the technical immediate crisis is over, Cloudflare is emphasizing the continued monitoring phase. This critical step ensures that the deployed fix has fully propagated across their global network and that all customer services return to pre-incident performance levels without residual issues.

Cloudflare is expected to release a comprehensive post-mortem analysis in the coming days to detail the root cause of the traffic spike and the steps being taken to prevent future recurrences of such a large-scale disruption.

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Monitoring – A fix has been implemented and we believe the incident is now resolved. We are continuing to monitor for errors to ensure all services are back to normal.