Cloudflare Outage Breaks the Internet (Temporarily)

A behind-the-scenes internet giant went down and dragged major platforms with it, triggering global slowdowns and error screens.

**Here’s the breakdown *

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*What Just Happened

Millions of users saw outages on Tuesday after Cloudflare,  a company that protects and powers huge portions of the internet,  experienced a major system failure.

Platforms like X, OpenAI, and countless other sites slowed or went offline.

The ripple effect hit everything from apps to corporate systems in multiple countries.

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*What Went Wrong

Cloudflare says the issue came from an oversized configuration file that ballooned unexpectedly, crashing software responsible for managing global traffic.

There were no signs of a cyberattack or foreign interference.

Warp, Cloudflare’s encryption service, was temporarily disabled for users in London as engineers worked to stabilize the network.

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*Why It Matters

Cloudflare is the “invisible backbone” of the modern internet,  handling:

• DDoS protection
• Bot/human verification
• API and website security
• Routing traffic for millions of sites

When it stumbles, the digital world feels it instantly.

The outage highlights how fragile global infrastructure becomes when too much power is concentrated in a small number of companies.

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**The Backdrop

The incident comes just one month after an AWS outage, intensifying questions about Big Tech’s dominance over critical infrastructure.

Cybersecurity experts warn that dependence on a few private providers creates systemic risks that governments aren’t fully prepared for.

As digital traffic grows, the internet is becoming increasingly top-heavy and vulnerable to single points of failure.

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*The Bottom Line

Cloudflare says the issue is fixed, but traffic surges may still cause minor instability.

The outage exposed how much of the global internet runs through a handful of companies.

When one of them falters, the entire online ecosystem is at risk.

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