Cloudflare [Cloudflare, Inc.](javascript:void(0)) experienced a major outage on November 17–18, 2025, but the company has now implemented a fix and declared the incident resolved for most users and services. As of mid- afternoon November 18, Cloudflare's core network and related services resumed normal operations, and by 17:06 UTC all systems were reported to be functioning as usual, with only minor residual effects still being monitored for some customers.

Outage Timeline and Fix Status

• The outage began at approximately 11:20 UTC on November 18, 2025.
• Engineers identified the root cause as a bug in the Bot Management feature and rolled back the problematic configuration.

• Core traffic and most affected services were restored around 14:30 UTC.
• All remaining system errors and major disruptions were addressed by 17:06 UTC the same day.

Ongoing Monitoring and Residual Issues

• Cloudflare continues to monitor its systems carefully for lingering issues or anomalies.

• Some minor residual effects may be noticed by select customers while final resilience improvements are completed.

Upcoming Maintenance

• Cloudflare is not globally down, but scheduled datacenter maintenance in Chicago on November 19, 2025, could cause brief and localized disruptions and increased latency for some users.

Cloudflare has apologized and outlined steps to prevent similar incidents in the future, but for most users and applications, normal service has now resumed.