The internet is currently experiencing widespread disruption due to a major global network incident affecting Cloudflare, one of the world’s most critical internet infrastructure providers. This is not just a minor glitch—it’s impacting a vast portion of the web, taking down major platforms like X (formerly Twitter) and ChatGPT.
Cloudflare’s services are essential for millions of websites, providing critical functions like Content Delivery Network (CDN), caching, security (DDoS protection), and DNS resolution. When they face a global issue, the ripple effect is felt across the entire digital landscape.
The Incident Details
Cloudflare first reported a major issue today, November 18, 2025, starting with an internal service degradation that quickly impacted its worldwide network.
According to the official Cloudflare Status Page, the incident is titled: “Cloudflare Global Network experiencing issues.”
The primary consequences of this degradation are:
- Widespread Intermittent Service Outages: High-profile services including X, ChatGPT, Spotify, and Coinbase were among those hit by widespread connection errors.
- Degraded Performance: Core services like the CDN/Cache are experiencing degraded performance, which slows down the delivery of website content globally.
- Bot Management Issues: Cloudflare’s services for managing malicious traffic are also seeing degraded performance.
What is the Impact on Your Website?
The fact that global giants like X and ChatGPT were temporarily inaccessible illustrates the severity of this issue. For websites managed by WP Care, while your core WordPress hosting remains stable and secure in our environment, the current network issues may manifest as:
- Slower Loading Times: Sites that rely on Cloudflare for CDN and caching will load content less efficiently, resulting in noticeable sluggishness for visitors.
- Intermittent Errors: Users may occasionally experience connection timeouts or failure-to-connect messages when trying to reach your site.
Current Status and Cloudflare’s Response
Cloudflare’s engineering team has been working on remediation since the issue began. As of the latest updates:
- The root cause has been identified, and a fix is actively being implemented.
- Some smaller services (such as Cloudflare Access and WARP) have seen a successful recovery.
- Engineers are currently continuously working toward restoring service for all application services customers and addressing the remaining Global Network instability.
Customers across the board should continue to expect to observe higher-than-normal error rates until the full fix is deployed and propagates across their entire global infrastructure.
Our Commitment to You
At wpcare.ie, we understand that stability and speed are paramount for your business.
No action is required from our clients.
We are actively monitoring the progress of the incident on the official Cloudflare Status Page and are ready to take necessary steps within our control as soon as the Cloudflare network returns to full operational status.
We will continue to provide updates if the situation escalates or if the outage is resolved. For the most real-time information, please refer to the official Cloudflare status page.
