Cloudflare is going through continued service disruptions on November 20, 2025, after a major outage earlier this week. Hundreds of users across various regions have complained about issues accessing websites or services dependent on the network infrastructure that its system provides.
Platforms using the company’s services for content delivery and security have reported either partial or full outages, bringing an impact to several users worldwide.
At 8:01 AM IST, Downdetector reported over 495 incidents in the US only, indicating that the problem has not been solved yet. Users highlighted different issues, such as the unavailability of sites and services, as the main problems.
According to Downdetector, 58% of the impacted users had server connection issues, 30% experienced problems with the website, and 12% suffered from interruptions related to hosting.
The outage led to the unavailability of several online gaming platforms and services. Downdetector reports that among the most affected games globally were Counter-Strike, Battlefield, Rocket League, Elden Ring, Fortnite, and Apex Legends, to name a few.
Specifically, Steam users were affected as over 8,300 outage reports were received around 7:57 AM IST. Out of which, 79% couldn’t connect to the server, 13% reported issues with gameplay, and 9% couldn’t access the website. Over 450 Epic Games Store users also reported issues with not being able to log in at 7:35 AM IST.
This instability seems to affect not only Cloudflare. AWS has also seen a spike in reported issues, with more than 900 users in the US reporting outages.
Of those, 71% related to the AWS us-east-1 region, followed by us-west-2 with 17%, and us-west-1 with 13%. In any case, that would indicate multiple cloud providers are currently suffering service disruptions.
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An initial outage earlier this week was traced to a latent software bug within the Cloudflare bot mitigation system. The bug had been inadvertently triggered by a routine configuration update, causing a widespread service crash.
The incident significantly hit major platforms like the social media network X and AI chatbot ChatGPT, along with gaming services and other online tools from Google and OpenAI.
Cloudflare’s CTO, Dane Knecht, took to X to issue a public apology for the outage, saying it had let customers and the broader internet down. Knecht confirmed that services were restored after the outage but said residual issues persisted in parts of the network. The company is working to resolve these problems to prevent further impact.
Users have been urged to stay tuned to the news from Cloudflare and the affected platforms as the situation evolves. This blackout pointed out not only a growing dependence on cloud service providers but also the domino effect of one disconnect affecting the entire global digital ecosystem.