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Cloudflare outage on May 1 — 47 minute disruption
May 1, 08:16 PM → May 1, 09:03 PM · 47 minutes · high
On May 1, 2026, Cloudflare experienced a service disruption, which was detected through user reports. The incident lasted 47 minutes and was resolved at 21:03 UTC.
Peak reports
10
in 15 min
Total reports
16
during the incident
Duration
47 minutes
tracked by PulseWatch
Impact
The disruption was identified through user reports, with a total of 16 reports received during the incident. Peak reporting activity saw 10 reports within a 15-minute period. The primary issues reported by users included 'Website down' (12 reports) and 'API issues' (4 reports). No specific regional impact was recorded.
Top reported issues
- Website down12
- API issues4
Incident timeline
- May 1, 08:16 PM
PulseWatch detected elevated report volume (high severity)
- May 1, 08:30 PM
Peak of 8 reports in 15 minutes (baseline 4.0)
- May 1, 09:03 PM
Report volume returned to baseline — incident resolved
Official updates
- May 1, 08:16 PM
Cloudflare status page acknowledged the incident.
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