Cloudflare outage on May 4 2h 3m disruption
May 4, 05:15 AM → May 4, 07:19 AM · 2h 3m · high
Cloudflare experienced a service disruption on May 4, 2026. The incident was detected through user reports and lasted approximately 2 hours and 3 minutes. Service was fully restored at 07:19 UTC.
Impact
During the incident, users reported issues primarily related to website accessibility and performance. A total of 60 user reports were received, with a peak of 12 reports within a 15-minute period. The most frequently reported issues included websites being down and services being slow or unresponsive. No specific regional impact was recorded.
Top reported issues
- Website down36
- Slow / unresponsive24
Incident timeline
- May 4, 05:15 AM
PulseWatch detected elevated report volume (high severity)
- May 4, 05:30 AM
Peak of 8 reports in 15 minutes (baseline 4.0)
- May 4, 05:43 AM
Status updated: major issue
- May 4, 05:53 AM
Status updated: major issue
- May 4, 05:58 AM
Status updated: major issue
- May 4, 06:08 AM
Status updated: major issue
- May 4, 06:13 AM
Status updated: major issue
- May 4, 06:23 AM
Status updated: major issue
- May 4, 06:28 AM
Status updated: major issue
- May 4, 06:38 AM
Status updated: major issue
- May 4, 06:43 AM
Status updated: major issue
- May 4, 07:19 AM
Report volume returned to baseline — incident resolved
Official updates
- May 4, 05:15 AM
Cloudflare status page acknowledged the incident.
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