Cloudflare outage on May 2 1d 12h disruption
May 2, 09:30 AM → May 3, 09:49 PM · 1d 12h · high
Cloudflare experienced a service disruption beginning on May 2, 2026, which was initially detected through user reports. This high-severity incident impacted various users globally. The disruption was fully resolved on May 3, 2026.
Impact
During the incident, users reported a range of issues, with a total of 684 reports received. The most frequently reported problem was 'Website down,' accounting for 592 reports. Additionally, users experienced 'Slow / unresponsive' services (72 reports) and 'Login issues' (20 reports). These reports indicate a broad impact on user access and functionality across the Cloudflare platform.
Top reported issues
- Website down592
- Slow / unresponsive72
- Login issues20
Incident timeline
- May 2, 09:30 AM
PulseWatch detected elevated report volume (high severity)
- May 2, 09:53 AM
Status updated: major issue
- May 2, 09:58 AM
Status updated: major issue
- May 2, 10:08 AM
Status updated: major issue
- May 2, 10:13 AM
Status updated: major issue
- May 2, 10:23 AM
Status updated: major issue
- May 2, 10:28 AM
Status updated: major issue
- May 2, 10:38 AM
Status updated: major issue
- May 2, 10:43 AM
Status updated: major issue
- May 3, 11:30 AM
Peak of 8 reports in 15 minutes (baseline 1.5)
- May 3, 09:49 PM
Report volume returned to baseline — incident resolved
Official updates
- May 2, 09:30 AM
Cloudflare status page acknowledged the incident.
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