Cloudflare outage on May 1 — 1h 2m disruption
May 1, 06:45 PM → May 1, 07:48 PM · 1h 2m · high
Cloudflare experienced a service disruption on May 1, 2026, which was first detected through user reports. The incident lasted for 1 hour and 2 minutes and was resolved on May 1, 2026, at 19:48 UTC.
Impact
During the disruption, users reported issues primarily related to website accessibility and API functionality. A total of 28 reports were received, with a peak of 10 reports within a 15-minute period. Specifically, 16 reports indicated websites were down, and 12 reports concerned API issues. No specific regional impact was recorded during this incident.
Top reported issues
- Website down16
- API issues12
Incident timeline
- May 1, 06:45 PM
PulseWatch detected elevated report volume (high severity)
- May 1, 07:00 PM
Peak of 8 reports in 15 minutes (baseline 4.0)
- May 1, 07:48 PM
Report volume returned to baseline — incident resolved
Official updates
- May 1, 06:45 PM
Cloudflare status page acknowledged the incident.
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