A global Cloudflare outage leaves ChatGPT and other platforms without service for hours

PalmSurprised by the outage of ChatGPT and X for hours. A massive failure in the infrastructure of Cloudflare, one of the leading internet network and security providers, caused a widespread shutdown affecting thousands of users worldwide. Among the most affected services were ChatGPT, the social network X, and various digital platforms that also rely on Cloudflare to manage traffic and protect themselves from attacks. According to Cloudflare, the incident originated from an "unusual traffic spike" that triggered internal errors in its global network, resulting in the inability to access services hosted or protected by the system. OpenAI, for its part, confirmed that ChatGPT was experiencing "high error rates" and that its websites and services were partially inoperative. The company attributed the outage to the external failure and indicated that it is working with Cloudflare to restore normal service. The incident had a widespread impact, as Cloudflare is a key element in the operation of a significant portion of global internet traffic. Platforms like X, as well as other everyday digital services, experienced outages or intermittent service while the company deployed a solution. After a few hours, Cloudflare reported that the service was beginning to recover and that error rates would gradually decrease, although some users would continue to experience anomalies. Investigations to determine the exact cause of the traffic spike and prevent future incidents are ongoing.