Cloudfare, X, major websites hit by global internet outage: What we know so far

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Cloudfare, X, major websites hit by global internet outage: What we know so far

By Hindustan Times
Publication Date: 2025-11-18 12:22:00

Updated on: Nov 18, 2025 06:58 pm IST

Apart from X, several major websites, including ChatGPT, Letterboxd, Perplexity, Canva and Uber were those affected.

Several websites and internet applications, including X, OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Cloudfare, was down for thousands of users globally amid a massive outage.

A 3D-printed miniature model of Elon Musk and the X logo are seen in this illustration. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo(REUTERS)

X, the microblogging platform owned by Elon Musk, suffered a global disruption, leaving thousands of users, including those in India, unable to load posts and feed. Apart from X, several major websites, including ChatGPT, Letterboxd, Perplexity, Canva, Uber, and some multiplayer games were among the ones affected.

Follow the latest updates on Cloudfare outage

The massive outage is believed to have originated from Cloudflare, which also impacted several other services. Cloudflare had scheduled maintenance for the SCL (Santiago) data center for Tuesday.

Here are the latest updates on the massive technical outage:

  • The websites hit by the Cloudfare outage include: Canva, OpenAI, Spotify, X, Grindr, Uber, Spotify and Dayforce.
  • Cloudflare said on its status page that it was aware of and investigating an issue that was impacting multiple customers. In a later statement, it said, “We are seeing services recover, but customers may continue to observe higher-than-normal error rates as we continue remediation…

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