Cloudflare outage on May 3 — 3h 4m disruption
May 3, 05:15 PM → May 3, 08:19 PM · 3h 4m · high
On May 3, 2026, Cloudflare experienced a service disruption. This incident was detected by user reports and began at approximately 17:15 UTC. The issue was resolved by 20:19 UTC on the same day.
Impact
The service disruption primarily impacted users reporting issues with websites being down and login difficulties. A total of 72 user reports were received during the incident, with 'Website down' being the most frequently reported issue type (52 reports), followed by 'Login issues' (20 reports). No specific regional impact was recorded during this period. This incident was initially identified through these user reports.
Top reported issues
- Website down52
- Login issues20
Incident timeline
- May 3, 05:15 PM
PulseWatch detected elevated report volume (high severity)
- May 3, 05:23 PM
Status updated: major issue
- May 3, 05:28 PM
Status updated: major issue
- May 3, 05:30 PM
Peak of 8 reports in 15 minutes (baseline 1.5)
- May 3, 05:38 PM
Status updated: major issue
- May 3, 05:43 PM
Status updated: major issue
- May 3, 05:53 PM
Status updated: major issue
- May 3, 05:58 PM
Status updated: major issue
- May 3, 06:08 PM
Status updated: major issue
- May 3, 06:13 PM
Status updated: major issue
- May 3, 06:23 PM
Status updated: major issue
- May 3, 06:28 PM
Status updated: major issue
- May 3, 08:19 PM
Report volume returned to baseline — incident resolved
Official updates
- May 3, 05:15 PM
Cloudflare status page acknowledged the incident.
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