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groundloop

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Tue Nov 18, 2025, 09:03 AM Yesterday

Is X down? Cloudflare outage impacts ChatGPT, Spotify, more websites [View all]

Source: USA Today

Cloudflare, an internet infrastructure platform, is experiencing an outage that appears to be affecting websites across the internet, including the social media platform X.

The company said in a status update before 7 a.m. EST on Nov. 18 that it was aware of "an issue which potentially impacts multiple customers,” and was investigating the problem.

In a statement to USA TODAY around 8:30 a.m. EST, Cloudflare said it "saw a spike in unusual traffic" to one of its services around 6:20 a.m. EST.

"That caused some traffic passing through Cloudflare's network to experience errors. We do not yet know the cause of the spike in unusual traffic. We are all hands on deck to make sure all traffic is served without errors. After that, we will turn our attention to investigating the cause of the unusual spike in traffic," the statement said.

Read more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2025/11/18/cloudflare-outage-twitter-x-down-websites/87333063007/



This is affecting X, Spotify, OpenAI, League of Legends, and many others.
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This is affecting DU today also EarlG Yesterday #1
I too got such a message when trying to get on DU... FarPoint Yesterday #2
I was so depressed when I saw that cloudfare message! I thought maybe Trump had something to do with it. CTyankee Yesterday #12
I thought the same thing. ananda Yesterday #16
I experienced a slow loading when first getting in to DU... IthinkThereforeIAM Yesterday #17
I'm back on DU on my phone. yardwork Yesterday #21
Couldn't get on with multiple apps; finally was able to access through AOL. Checked in on DU's Facebook, but nothing NBachers Yesterday #3
groundloop ............ Upthevibe Yesterday #4
Back on, in Colorado... RobertDevereaux Yesterday #5
I have been blocked from DU all morning.. Escape Yesterday #6
Quick Eloon...blame it on Liberal commie Marxist Democrats Bengus81 Yesterday #7
Cloudflare System Status Jokerman Yesterday #8
It also affects indeed job site ChicagoTeamster Yesterday #9
Damifino Mysterian Yesterday #10
saw that error message here and i go oh no! not again.in reference to the 2916 great du hack. AllaN01Bear Yesterday #11
That one was quite bizarre PatSeg Yesterday #15
The video the hackers played was interesting. yardwork Yesterday #22
I agree PatSeg Yesterday #24
I couldn't get on here from 8:30 until 10:03. lark Yesterday #13
Stephanie Miller's website is also down. boonecreek Yesterday #14
Maybe this surfered Yesterday #18
This is what happens when cattle jump over the border wall IronLionZion Yesterday #19
Affected DU for awhile. Still going on: Mod The Sims is down. malthaussen Yesterday #20
Took car in for service yesterday. Their WWW was down and so they could do NADA until it was restored ?! SorellaLaBefana Yesterday #23
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