A massive outage affecting the internet infrastructure company Cloudflare has crippled several high-profile online services worldwide.
Platforms including OpenAI, Gemini, Perplexity, Uber, Canva, and Letterboxd are among those experiencing widespread 500 errors, confirming the vital role Cloudflare plays in website performance and security.
Cloudflare responded to the widespread issues, stating they are “investigating an issue which impacts multiple customers” and that their own Dashboard and API are also failing.
User complaints on X (formerly Twitter) peaked in India with over 3,000 reports, indicating a significant regional impact.
The company is actively working to understand the full extent and mitigate the problem, but users continue to report glitches.
This massive outage underscores the fragility of the internet’s reliance on a few key infrastructure providers
