Cloudflare outage on May 2 2h 0m disruption
May 2, 02:02 AM → May 2, 04:03 AM · 2h 0m · high
A service disruption affecting Cloudflare was detected on May 2, 2026, initially through user reports. The incident, which began at 02:02 UTC, was resolved at 04:03 UTC on the same day.
Impact
Users reported experiencing issues with Cloudflare services, primarily manifesting as website downtime and API connectivity problems. A total of 56 user reports were received during the incident, with 'Website down' being the most frequently reported issue type (32 reports), followed by 'API issues' (24 reports). No specific regional impact was recorded.
Top reported issues
- Website down32
- API issues24
Incident timeline
- May 2, 02:02 AM
PulseWatch detected elevated report volume (high severity)
- May 2, 02:15 AM
Peak of 8 reports in 15 minutes (baseline 4.0)
- May 2, 04:03 AM
Report volume returned to baseline — incident resolved
Official updates
- May 2, 02:02 AM
Cloudflare status page acknowledged the incident.
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