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Cloudflare Outage Disrupts Major Sites Worldwide as Company Works to Restore Service

The provider reports mitigation progress following a spike in 403 errors.

Overview

  • Reports of inaccessible services surged from about 1:45 p.m. ET Friday, with issues hitting Uber and UberEats, Microsoft Outlook, Workday, Bet365, Steam, and other platforms.
  • Cloudflare acknowledged investigation on its status page as customers encountered an unusually high volume of 403 responses.
  • The disruption also reached the 1.1.1.1 landing page associated with Cloudflare’s public DNS.
  • Cloudflare later said it had identified and mitigated the underlying issue and was working to restore availability for affected customers.
  • The incident’s reach was amplified by Cloudflare’s global footprint, spanning more than 330 cities in over 120 countries and connections to 13,000-plus networks.