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Outage in Cloudflare

Issues with Cloudflare Tunnel connections and Browser Isolation sessions

Resolved Major
May 05, 2026 - Started 2 days ago - Lasted about 6 hours
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Summary AI Generated

Cloudflare experienced a major outage lasting 5.6 hours that disrupted Cloudflare Tunnel connections and Browser Isolation sessions due to internal service restarts across their edge infrastructure. The issue caused both new and existing connections to fail, forcing active tunnels and sessions to disconnect and attempt simultaneous re-establishment, resulting in elevated error rates and registration failures. The root cause was identified and a fix was implemented, with connection success rates returning to normal levels.

Cloudflare is investigating an issue causing connectivity disruptions for both Cloudflare Tunnel and Browser Isolation. Initially identified as affecting only new connections, we have confirmed that existing connections might also be impacted. Due to internal service restarts across our edge infrastructure, currently active tunnels and sessions may be forced to reconnect. During this re-establishment process, customers may encounter elevated error rates or registration failures. Our engineering team is prioritized on stabilizing the underlying services to allow connections to resume normal operations. We will provide frequent updates as we work toward a resolution.

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MONITORING 2 days ago - at 05/05/2026 07:19PM

A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the results.

IDENTIFIED 2 days ago - at 05/05/2026 05:24PM

The connectivity issues affecting Cloudflare Tunnel and Browser Isolation have stabilized, and we have identified the root cause.

Our investigation confirms that internal service restarts across our edge infrastructure led to significant connection churn. This caused active Cloudflare Tunnel connections and Browser Isolation sessions to disconnect and attempt to re-establish simultaneously. While this surge initially resulted in elevated error rates and registration failures, service health has now recovered, and connection success rates have returned to normal levels.

Most customers should see services operating normally at this time.

INVESTIGATING 2 days ago - at 05/05/2026 04:58PM

We are continuing to investigate this issue.

INVESTIGATING 2 days ago - at 05/05/2026 04:49PM

Cloudflare is investigating an issue causing connectivity disruptions for both Cloudflare Tunnel and Browser Isolation.

Initially identified as affecting only new connections, we have confirmed that existing connections might also be impacted. Due to internal service restarts across our edge infrastructure, currently active tunnels and sessions may be forced to reconnect. During this re-establishment process, customers may encounter elevated error rates or registration failures.

Our engineering team is prioritized on stabilizing the underlying services to allow connections to resume normal operations. We will provide frequent updates as we work toward a resolution.

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