Outage in HetrixTools
Increased error rate for websites behind Cloudflare
Resolved MinorIncident Report
We've been observing an increased rate of 520 HTTP errors from HEAD requests to websites behind Cloudflare.
Cloudflare has recently acknowledged the issue on their end and is working on a fix:
https://www.cloudflarestatus.com/incidents/kxvggpg7kwx5
In the meantime, you can fix the issue right away in your HetrixTools account by changing the "HTP Method" from "HEAD" to "GET" for any of your website monitors (by editing the monitor's settings): https://docs.hetrixtools.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/image.png
You can check if you're affected by this Cloudflare issue by checking your Location Fail Log (https://docs.hetrixtools.com/location-fail-log/) and looking for 520 HTTP errors.
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Latest Updates ( sorted recent to last )
RESOLVED
10 days ago - at 03/18/2026 03:14PM
Cloudflare has updated the status of their incident to resolved.
We're noticing that the number of 520 HTTP errors from HEAD requests has gone down.
This incident is now resolved.
IDENTIFIED
10 days ago - at 03/18/2026 12:20PM
We've been observing an increased rate of 520 HTTP errors from HEAD requests to websites behind Cloudflare.
Cloudflare has recently acknowledged the issue on their end and is working on a fix:
https://www.cloudflarestatus.com/incidents/kxvggpg7kwx5
In the meantime, you can fix the issue right away in your HetrixTools account by changing the "HTP Method" from "HEAD" to "GET" for any of your website monitors (by editing the monitor's settings): https://docs.hetrixtools.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/image.png
You can check if you're affected by this Cloudflare issue by checking your Location Fail Log (https://docs.hetrixtools.com/location-fail-log/) and looking for 520 HTTP errors.
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