Cloudflare outage on May 3 4h 48m disruption
May 3, 03:45 PM → May 3, 08:34 PM · 4h 48m · high
On May 3, 2026, a service disruption affecting Cloudflare was detected through user reports. The incident began at approximately 15:45 UTC and was fully resolved by 20:34 UTC, resulting in a total disruption of 4 hours and 48 minutes.
Impact
The outage was categorized as high severity, with a total of 116 user reports received during the incident. The most frequently reported issues included websites being down, login difficulties, and slow or unresponsive service. At its peak, 12 reports were received within a 15-minute period. No specific regional impact was recorded during this event.
Top reported issues
- Website down80
- Login issues20
- Slow / unresponsive16
Incident timeline
- May 3, 03:45 PM
PulseWatch detected elevated report volume (high severity)
- May 3, 04:00 PM
Peak of 8 reports in 15 minutes (baseline 1.5)
- May 3, 04:14 PM
Status updated: major issue
- May 3, 04:28 PM
Status updated: major issue
- May 3, 04:38 PM
Status updated: major issue
- May 3, 04:43 PM
Status updated: major issue
- May 3, 04:53 PM
Status updated: major issue
- May 3, 04:58 PM
Status updated: major issue
- May 3, 08:34 PM
Report volume returned to baseline — incident resolved
Official updates
- May 3, 03:45 PM
Cloudflare status page acknowledged the incident.
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