Cloudflare outage on May 1 — 2d 2h disruption
May 1, 09:06 PM → May 3, 11:19 PM · 2d 2h · high
On May 1, 2026, Cloudflare experienced a service disruption that was detected through user reports. The incident, which began at approximately 21:06 UTC, affected various services. The issue was fully resolved by May 3, 2026, at 23:19 UTC.
Impact
During the Cloudflare service disruption, users reported a range of issues, primarily experiencing websites being down (796 reports). Other significant impacts included slow or unresponsive services (132 reports) and API issues (52 reports). A smaller number of users also reported login difficulties (20 reports). While no specific regional impacts were recorded, the widespread nature of the reports indicates a broad user-visible effect.
Top reported issues
- Website down796
- Slow / unresponsive132
- API issues52
- Login issues20
Incident timeline
- May 1, 09:06 PM
PulseWatch detected elevated report volume (high severity)
- May 3, 11:30 AM
Peak of 8 reports in 15 minutes (baseline 1.5)
- May 3, 11:19 PM
Report volume returned to baseline — incident resolved
Official updates
- May 1, 09:06 PM
Cloudflare status page acknowledged the incident.
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