Cloudflare outage on May 1 — 1h 27m disruption
May 1, 05:30 PM → May 1, 06:58 PM · 1h 27m · high
Cloudflare experienced a service disruption on May 1, 2026, which was detected through user reports. The incident began at 17:30 UTC and was resolved at 18:58 UTC.
Impact
During the incident, users reported various issues with Cloudflare services. A total of 54 reports were received, with a peak of 20 reports within a 15-minute period. The most frequently reported issues included websites being down, slow or unresponsive service, and API-related problems. No specific regional impact was recorded.
Top reported issues
- Website down24
- Slow / unresponsive18
- API issues12
Incident timeline
- May 1, 05:30 PM
PulseWatch detected elevated report volume (high severity)
- May 1, 05:45 PM
Peak of 13 reports in 15 minutes (baseline 4.0)
- May 1, 05:53 PM
Status updated: possible issue
- May 1, 05:58 PM
Status updated: possible issue
- May 1, 06:58 PM
Report volume returned to baseline — incident resolved
Official updates
- May 1, 05:30 PM
Cloudflare status page acknowledged the incident.
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