Outage at Cloudflare disrupts access to some popular websites
Web infrastructure company Cloudflare said on Tuesday it was experiencing problems with its network and was restricting access to some popular websites.
“Cloudflare is aware of and is investigating an issue that may impact multiple customers,” the company said online at around 7 a.m. ET.
Minutes later, the company said it had begun fixing the problem. “We are seeing services improving, but customers may continue to observe higher than normal error rates as we continue improvement efforts,” Cloudflare said.
Some popular websites, such as social media platform X and artificial intelligence chatbot ChatGPT, appeared to be down or limited on Tuesday.
Cloudflare helps companies manage user traffic, including efforts to respond to cyberattacks and upload information.
Eric Risberg/AP – PHOTO: Lava lamps are seen through a lobby window at Cloudflare’s headquarters in San Francisco, Aug. 31, 2022.
A landing page on X warned ABC News of an “internal server error” and encouraged users to “visit cloudflare.com for more information.” A similar warning appeared on ChatGPT’s website, telling ABC News, “please unblock Challenges.cloudflare.com to continue.”
X did not immediately respond to ABC News’ request for comment. Neither did OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT.
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