Several major websites hosted on Cloudflare became unreachable on Friday, marking the second outage in just three weeks. Platforms such as Canva, BookMyShow, LinkedIn, Notion, Groww, SpaceX, Zerodha, and Coinbase were affected and even the outage tracker Downdetector went down.
Users worldwide reported widespread disruptions, flooding X with complaints as many services became temporarily inaccessible. The previous Cloudflare outage on November 18 saw many AI platforms becoming inaccessible in India. While OpenAI's ChatGPT remains accessible, Claude.AI is not. Canva and Groww have released statements indicating that their CDN provider, Cloudflare, is facing issues.
The outage also impacted trading platforms Groww and Zerodha, but Zerodha announced that its Kite services are now completely operational again. "Cloudflare global outage resolved. Kite services have been restored. You can now trade normally. We regret the inconvenience caused," Zeordha stated.
Cloudflare announced that it has resolved a problem with its dashboard-related APIs. The incident caused a 4.5% drop in its shares during premarket trading. Cloudflare offers essential internet infrastructure, delivering services that protect websites from cyber threats and ensure their availability during periods of heavy traffic.
Cloudflare is a leading company in internet infrastructure, enhancing website speed and safeguarding them against cyber threats. It functions as an intermediary between users and websites. Due to the heavy reliance of numerous companies on Cloudflare, any issue within its system can lead to the failure of several websites, even if they are not connected.
Users took to social media to express their frustration, reporting extensive service interruptions and voicing their anger over the recurring outages. Numerous individuals shared how their work and businesses were affected, calling for explanations and urging the company to resolve the problems swiftly.