{"id":595,"date":"2025-11-19T02:41:20","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T06:41:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mostdomain.com\/blog\/?p=595"},"modified":"2025-11-19T02:41:20","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T06:41:20","slug":"cloudflare-down-when-the-internets-backbone-broke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mostdomain.com\/blog\/cloudflare-down-when-the-internets-backbone-broke\/","title":{"rendered":"Cloudflare Down: When the Internet&#8217;s Backbone Broke (Global Service Failure)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"\/blog\/cloudflare-down-when-the-internets-backbone-broke\"><em>Cloudflare Down: When the Internet&#8217;s Backbone Broke<\/em><\/a> &#8211; The digital world was suddenly shocked on Tuesday, November 18, 2025, when the <\/span><b>Cloudflare Down<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> incident happened. This event essentially crippled a large part of the global <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">internet infrastructure<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (the essential network that keeps the web running).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This wasn&#8217;t a small hiccup; it was a big problem that caused a massive wave of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">HTTP 500<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">internal server error<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> messages (the common signs that a website is broken) all over the world. Millions of people found their favorite services, from social media and AI tools to <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">gaming services<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, impossible to use.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This article will simply explain the timeline, the official reason from the company, and the true <\/span><b>impact of Cloudflare Down<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-black ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span 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href=\"https:\/\/www.mostdomain.com\/blog\/cloudflare-down-when-the-internets-backbone-broke\/#Timeline_of_the_Cloudflare_Down_Incident_on_November_18_2025_UTC_Reference\" >Timeline of the Cloudflare Down Incident on November 18, 2025 (UTC Reference)<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mostdomain.com\/blog\/cloudflare-down-when-the-internets-backbone-broke\/#Initial_Detection_Around_11_48_UTC\" >Initial Detection (Around 11:48 UTC)<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mostdomain.com\/blog\/cloudflare-down-when-the-internets-backbone-broke\/#Peak_Global_Disruption\" >Peak Global Disruption<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mostdomain.com\/blog\/cloudflare-down-when-the-internets-backbone-broke\/#Official_Announcement_and_Apology\" >Official Announcement and Apology<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mostdomain.com\/blog\/cloudflare-down-when-the-internets-backbone-broke\/#Service_Recovery_Process\" >Service Recovery Process<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mostdomain.com\/blog\/cloudflare-down-when-the-internets-backbone-broke\/#Official_Cause_of_Cloudflare_Down_It_Was_Not_a_Cyber_Attack\" >Official Cause of Cloudflare Down: It Was Not a Cyber Attack!<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mostdomain.com\/blog\/cloudflare-down-when-the-internets-backbone-broke\/#Technical_Explanation_1_A_Hidden_Glitch_in_Attack_Protection\" >Technical Explanation 1: A Hidden Glitch in Attack Protection<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mostdomain.com\/blog\/cloudflare-down-when-the-internets-backbone-broke\/#Technical_Explanation_2_A_Setting_File_That_Got_Too_Big\" >Technical Explanation 2: A Setting File That Got Too Big<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mostdomain.com\/blog\/cloudflare-down-when-the-internets-backbone-broke\/#Complete_List_of_the_Impact_of_Cloudflare_Down_on_Global_Services\" >Complete List of the Impact of Cloudflare Down on Global Services<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-10\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mostdomain.com\/blog\/cloudflare-down-when-the-internets-backbone-broke\/#Understanding_Cloudflare_Why_Does_an_Outage_at_One_Company_Have_Such_a_Massive_Impact\" >Understanding Cloudflare: Why Does an Outage at One Company Have Such a Massive Impact?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-11\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mostdomain.com\/blog\/cloudflare-down-when-the-internets-backbone-broke\/#Anticipation_and_Lessons_Learned_from_the_Global_Network_Disruption_Incident\" >Anticipation and Lessons Learned from the Global Network Disruption Incident<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-12\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mostdomain.com\/blog\/cloudflare-down-when-the-internets-backbone-broke\/#References_Sources_and_Further_Reading\" >References (Sources and Further Reading)<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Timeline_of_the_Cloudflare_Down_Incident_on_November_18_2025_UTC_Reference\"><\/span><b>Timeline of the Cloudflare Down Incident on November 18, 2025 (UTC Reference)<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The system failure, which lasted just a few hours, had a widespread <\/span><b>impact of Cloudflare Down<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> because of the company&#8217;s vital role as an internet backbone.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Initial_Detection_Around_11_48_UTC\"><\/span><b>Initial Detection (Around 11:48 UTC)<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reports of the problem started quickly appearing on monitoring sites like <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Downdetector<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. At this time, users of X (formerly Twitter) and ChatGPT began complaining that pages weren&#8217;t loading (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">timeline not loading<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) or showing <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">error 500<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> messages. Many websites that use <a href=\"\/blog\/tag\/cloudflare-registrar\/\">Cloudflare services<\/a> immediately showed a &#8220;Cloudflare challenge failed&#8221; message.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Peak_Global_Disruption\"><\/span><b>Peak Global Disruption<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When the problem was at its worst, <\/span><b>Cloudflare Down<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> not only affected websites but also Cloudflare\u2019s own tools for managing its network (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">internal dashboard<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">), making it hard for their engineers to fix things. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gaming services<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and apps like Canva stopped responding. This showed just how much the modern internet relies on a small number of core companies.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Official_Announcement_and_Apology\"><\/span><b>Official Announcement and Apology<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cloudflare\u2019s Chief Technology Officer (CTO), <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dane Knecht<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, quickly released a public statement. He admitted the root cause was an internal failure and apologized for the widespread <\/span><b>impact of Cloudflare Down<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that everyone experienced.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Service_Recovery_Process\"><\/span><b>Service Recovery Process<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The company said that fixes were rolled out within a few hours. However, getting things back to normal was slow. Even though most major services were working again, users in many regions still saw <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">higher-than-normal error rates<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (more errors than usual) while the system worked to fully stabilize its <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">global network<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">control plane<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (the main control system).<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Official_Cause_of_Cloudflare_Down_It_Was_Not_a_Cyber_Attack\"><\/span><b>Official Cause of Cloudflare Down: It Was Not a Cyber Attack!<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cloudflare was very clear: the <\/span><b>Cloudflare Down<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> incident was <\/span><b>not<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> caused by an outside attack, but rather an internal technical mistake that happened during a normal system change. Two main causes were reported:<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Technical_Explanation_1_A_Hidden_Glitch_in_Attack_Protection\"><\/span><b>Technical Explanation 1: A <\/b><b><i>Hidden Glitch<\/i><\/b><b> in <\/b><b><i>Attack Protection<\/i><\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CTO <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dane Knecht<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> explained that the main problem was started by a <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">latent bug<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (a hidden glitch that had been dormant for a long time) in a service that handles <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">bot mitigation<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (protecting websites from bad automated traffic).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">latent bug<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> suddenly woke up and caused a <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">crash<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> after the Cloudflare team made a <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">routine configuration change<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (a normal setting update). This <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">latent bug&#8217;s<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> action led to widespread network slowdowns.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Technical_Explanation_2_A_Setting_File_That_Got_Too_Big\"><\/span><b>Technical Explanation 2: <\/b><b><i>A Setting File That Got Too Big<\/i><\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The second technical reason was an automatically generated setting file used to manage <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">threat traffic<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. This file reportedly grew (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">oversized auto configuration<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) far bigger than it should have, which then triggered a <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">crash<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the main software that directs internet traffic (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">routing<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">). The combination of these two internal problems created a chain reaction that resulted in everyone seeing <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">error 500<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> messages.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Complete_List_of_the_Impact_of_Cloudflare_Down_on_Global_Services\"><\/span><b>Complete List of the Impact of Cloudflare Down on Global Services<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>impact of Cloudflare Down<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was massive across all digital areas, affecting over 20% of the world&#8217;s total <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">web traffic<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Everyone using these services saw an <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">internal server error<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">HTTP 500<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>X (Twitter):<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Users globally couldn&#8217;t load their <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">timeline<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, known as the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">X\/Twitter outage<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>ChatGPT &amp; Claude:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> AI services experienced global blocking, resulting in the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ChatGPT error<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Canva:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The design platform experienced a total <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Canva down<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Spotify:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The music <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">streaming<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> app experienced connection failures.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Key Public Websites:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Many critical public sector and government websites around the world reported temporary <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">service disruption<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Online Games:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Major <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">online games<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> like League of Legends had server problems and couldn&#8217;t be played.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Understanding_Cloudflare_Why_Does_an_Outage_at_One_Company_Have_Such_a_Massive_Impact\"><\/span><b>Understanding Cloudflare: Why Does an Outage at One Company Have Such a Massive Impact?<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cloudflare is far more than <a href=\"\/blog\/best-web-hosting-for-small-business\/\">a simple web host<\/a>; it is an essential pillar in the modern <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">internet infrastructure<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, acting as a critical middle layer between you and a website\u2019s original server. This main role explains why a single mistake inside the company can cause such a widespread and global <\/span><b>impact of Cloudflare Down<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Its biggest job is as a giant <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Content Delivery Network (CDN)<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Cloudflare has a vast <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">global network<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of servers. Instead of you connecting to a website\u2019s main server (which might be far away), Cloudflare sends you a copy of the site data from the server nearest to you. This is why you get <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">internet access<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> faster, reducing annoying delays.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Beyond speed, Cloudflare also acts as a powerful digital shield. Its <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DDoS Protection<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> service protects millions of <a href=\"\/blog\/category\/website\/\">websites<\/a> from massive <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Distributed Denial-of-Service<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> attacks. Plus, its <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Web Application Firewall (WAF)<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> filters out bad requests, stopping hacking attempts before they reach the main website server. Cloudflare is essentially the internet&#8217;s virtual &#8220;gatekeeper.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When something goes wrong, like a <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">latent bug<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">oversized auto configuration<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">control plane<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (the brain that runs all the speed and security features), every service relying on it stops instantly.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"pullquote align-center\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is known as a &#8220;single point of failure&#8221; (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Single Point of Failure<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">): when one critical part breaks, everything breaks. Since millions of websites, AI tools (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ChatGPT error<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">), social media (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">X\/Twitter outage<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">), and design apps (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Canva down<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) need Cloudflare to stay <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">online<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, any core system glitch automatically causes a &#8220;massive collapse&#8221; effect, explaining the global nature of the <\/span><b>Cloudflare Down<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> incident.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Anticipation_and_Lessons_Learned_from_the_Global_Network_Disruption_Incident\"><\/span><b>Anticipation and Lessons Learned from the Global Network Disruption Incident<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>Cloudflare Down<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> incident is an important wake-up call for site owners about the need for good <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">backup systems<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The main lesson is simple: don&#8217;t rely completely on one provider. Diversifying <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CDN<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> providers or ensuring your original server is robust enough to handle direct <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">traffic<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are key steps to reduce risk. Cloudflare has promised to &#8220;learn from today\u2019s incident and make improvements&#8221; to fully regain customer trust following the widespread <\/span><b>impact of Cloudflare Down<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"References_Sources_and_Further_Reading\"><\/span><b>References (Sources and Further Reading)<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Official Cloudflare Status Statement:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Direct reports and updates about the incident released on the company&#8217;s official status page (accessed November 19, 2025).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Cloudflare Blog Post-mortem:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Detailed technical breakdown of the root causes (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">latent bug<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">oversized auto configuration<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) by the Cloudflare engineering team (accessed November 19, 2025).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Global Media Reports:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> News articles from major global tech publications detailing the <\/span><b>impact of Cloudflare Down<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on services worldwide.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Global Downdetector Reports:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Data on the huge increase in simultaneous breakdown reports across various <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">global networks<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (accessed November 18, 2025).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cloudflare Down: When the Internet&#8217;s Backbone Broke &#8211; The digital world was suddenly shocked on Tuesday, November 18, 2025, when the Cloudflare Down incident happened. 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