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Cloudflare Outage History

Every past Cloudflare outage tracked by IsDown, with detection times, duration, and resolution details.

There were 3144 Cloudflare outages since March 2020. The 735 outages from the last 12 months are summarized below, with incident details, duration, and resolution information.

Minor April 17, 2026

April 2026: DNS resolution intermittently failing for .co domains

Detected Apr 17, 2026 5:50 PM EDT · Resolved Apr 17, 2026 10:03 PM EDT · Duration about 4 hours

Cloudflare experienced intermittent DNS resolution failures for .co domains, affecting Cloudflare Sites and Services and Recursive DNS for 4.2 hours. The issue required coordination with the .co ccTLD operator to resolve. A fix was implemented and the service was restored to normal operation.

Minor April 17, 2026

April 2026: Increase in API errors and latency

Detected Apr 17, 2026 4:19 PM EDT · Resolved Apr 17, 2026 4:34 PM EDT · Duration 15 minutes

Cloudflare experienced increased API errors and latency affecting their Sites and Services and API components for 15 minutes. The issue impacted multiple APIs across their platform, causing degraded performance for users attempting to access Cloudflare services. A fix was implemented and the service was restored to normal operation with ongoing monitoring.

Minor April 17, 2026

April 2026: Increased errors in Seattle or Argo Smart Routing

Detected Apr 17, 2026 2:01 PM EDT · Resolved Apr 17, 2026 3:54 PM EDT · Duration about 2 hours

Cloudflare experienced increased errors affecting customers connecting through their Seattle data center and those using Argo Smart Routing that routed traffic through Seattle. The incident impacted the North America Seattle, WA location and lasted approximately 1.9 hours. The service was classified as a minor incident with customers potentially experiencing elevated error rates during this period.

Minor April 17, 2026

April 2026: Elevated 502 errors returned from some locations

Detected Apr 17, 2026 12:57 PM EDT · Resolved Apr 17, 2026 1:26 PM EDT · Duration 29 minutes

Cloudflare experienced elevated 502 errors from some locations, affecting their Sites and Services, CDN/Cache, R2, and Workers KV components. The incident lasted 29 minutes before a fix was implemented and monitoring began.

Minor April 17, 2026

April 2026: co ccTLD DNS errors

Detected Apr 17, 2026 11:13 AM EDT · Resolved Apr 17, 2026 4:02 PM EDT · Duration about 5 hours

Cloudflare experienced DNS errors affecting sites with .co domain extensions, causing intermittent access issues for these websites and recursive DNS services. The incident lasted 4.8 hours before a fix was implemented and deployed. Cloudflare identified the root cause and resolved the issue through monitoring and mitigation efforts.

Minor April 16, 2026

April 2026: CF1 Client DEX - Device analytics overtime gaps

Detected Apr 16, 2026 6:10 PM EDT · Resolved Apr 17, 2026 5:55 AM EDT · Duration about 12 hours

Cloudflare experienced an issue where Digital Experience Monitoring (DEX) analytics showed missing overtime data for CF1 client devices, affecting Cloudflare Sites and Services, Zero Trust, and DEX components. The incident lasted 11.8 hours and was classified as minor severity. The issue was identified and tracked, impacting device analytics visibility for affected users.

Minor April 16, 2026

April 2026: API Analytics Delays

Detected Apr 16, 2026 10:22 AM EDT · Resolved Apr 16, 2026 7:59 PM EDT · Duration about 10 hours

Cloudflare experienced a temporary drop in Analytics API availability that affected Cloudflare Sites and Services and Analytics components for 9.6 hours. The incident impacted users' ability to access analytics data through the API. A fix was implemented and the service was restored to normal operation.

Minor April 16, 2026

April 2026: API Analytics Delays

Detected Apr 16, 2026 9:02 AM EDT · Resolved Apr 16, 2026 9:38 AM EDT · Duration 36 minutes

Cloudflare experienced a temporary drop in Analytics API availability that affected Cloudflare Sites and Services and Analytics components for 36 minutes. The incident impacted users' ability to access analytics data through the API. A fix was implemented and the service was restored to normal operation.

Minor April 16, 2026

April 2026: Cloudflare API failures/errors

Detected Apr 16, 2026 8:11 AM EDT · Resolved Apr 16, 2026 8:50 AM EDT · Duration 39 minutes

Cloudflare experienced API failures that caused requests to fail and display errors for customers using their APIs. The incident did not impact CDN file serving or edge security features, only affecting API functionality. A fix was implemented and monitored after 39 minutes of service disruption.

Minor April 16, 2026

April 2026: Network performance issues in the Hyderabad (HYD) region

Detected Apr 16, 2026 4:51 AM EDT · Resolved Apr 16, 2026 5:01 AM EDT · Duration 10 minutes

Cloudflare experienced network performance issues at their Hyderabad (HYD) datacenter that affected some customers' traffic routing through that location. The incident lasted 10 minutes before the issue was identified and resolved. Traffic performance was restored to normal levels after the fix was implemented.