Cloudflare Outage History

Cloudflare carried out scheduled maintenance in the ORD (Chicago) region beginning at 7:00 AM UTC and concluding at 10:05 AM UTC, lasting about 3 hours and 5 minutes. The status page described the window as in progress and noted that updates would be provided as necessary. Two official status updates were published during the incident: one noting the maintenance in progress, and a follow-up confirming the service had returned to normal.

Cloudflare carried out scheduled maintenance in the Taipei region (TPE). During the maintenance window lasting about 10 hours and 35 minutes, users in Taipei experienced degraded service and intermittent connectivity. The maintenance began at 4:30 PM UTC and concluded at 3:05 AM UTC. The Taipei region was restored and the status returned to normal by Aug 14, 2025 3:05 AM UTC.

The incident began on Aug 12, 2025 8:45 AM UTC with Cloudflare reporting issues in the DNS Records API. API requests to update or create DNS records could fail or display errors, though Cloudflare’s CDN edge and security features remained largely available. Over the next 24 hours, users also reported intermittent network performance in South Korea and problems with Automatic Platform Optimization (APO) that could yield unexpected 500 errors. Cloudflare Pages deployments were affected as well, with function deployments potentially failing or being delayed. Athens and Seattle maintenance events were listed during the period as fixes were implemented. The outage persisted until Aug 13, 2025 1:35 PM UTC, lasting about 28 hours and 50 minutes. The provider issued multiple status updates throughout the incident to identify issues and communicate fixes.

Cloudflare experienced delays in Network Analytics affecting a subset of Cloudflare Sites and Services / Analytics users, causing analytics data and reporting to lag for several hours. The status page indicated an investigation started around Aug 11, 2025 9:44 PM UTC and the affected component moved to a degraded state at Aug 11, 2025 9:50 PM UTC. The incident lasted about 8 hours and 25 minutes and was resolved by Aug 12, 2025 6:15 AM UTC when the Analytics service returned to normal. The provider issued 2 official updates during the incident.

Cloudflare reported degraded network performance in the South Korea region (ICN). The incident began on Aug 11, 2025 10:10 AM UTC and was resolved by Aug 11, 2025 11:30 AM UTC, lasting about 1 hour 20 minutes. Cloudflare issued two official updates during the event, first noting investigation of the ICN network performance and later confirming a return to normal operation. The impact appears localized to the ICN region, with other regions unaffected according to the status page.

The incident began with warnings on the Cloudflare Challenge Platform at Aug 8, 2025 2:55 PM UTC after users reported issues passing challenge pages, resulting in 500 errors and degraded authentication flows for affected users. The disruption impacted Cloudflare Sites and Services / Challenge Platform and hindered access to challenged resources.

At Aug 8, 2025 5:10 PM UTC, Cloudflare identified a separate issue with Zero Trust Gateway, and a fix was being implemented as the gateway went down. The outage lasted about 20 minutes and the Gateway was restored by Aug 8, 2025 5:30 PM UTC. The incident involved two components and was addressed through three official updates from Cloudflare during the period.

Cloudflare conducted scheduled maintenance at its Miami data center (MIA). The maintenance window began at Aug 8, 2025 6:00 AM UTC and the status moved to degraded at Aug 8, 2025 6:05 AM UTC. Normal service was restored by Aug 8, 2025 12:05 PM UTC. The incident was contained to the Miami data center and involved a temporary degradation in services during the window. Two status updates were published during the incident, documenting the maintenance progress and restoration.

Cloudflare carried out scheduled maintenance in the Nasiriyah region (XNH), which caused a period of degraded performance for some users. The maintenance window ran from 11:01 PM UTC to 5:05 AM UTC and was reflected on Cloudflare's status page as a maintenance window listed under a 'warn' state. Users may have experienced slower responses or intermittent connectivity during this time.

Cloudflare carried out scheduled maintenance in the Tallahassee region (TLH) on 2025-08-07. The status page indicated the window began at Aug 7, 2025 4:01 PM UTC and soon after the incident entered a warn state during the maintenance window. The work was regional in scope and described as in progress with updates to follow.

The TLH region returned to normal by Aug 7, 2025 9:05 PM UTC, with Cloudflare posting two official updates during the incident to communicate progress and the conclusion of the maintenance window. The impact was limited to the Tallahassee region and did not constitute a global outage.

During a scheduled maintenance window in the Seattle region (SEA), Cloudflare experienced a brief degraded performance. The maintenance began at Aug 7, 2025 8:00 AM UTC, and a warning was raised at Aug 7, 2025 1:05 PM UTC, with service returning to normal by Aug 7, 2025 1:10 PM UTC. The Seattle data center was affected, and Cloudflare posted 2 official status updates during the incident.