Cloudflare outage on May 4 — 2h 33m disruption
May 4, 12:31 PM → May 4, 03:04 PM · 2h 33m · high
A significant disruption affecting Cloudflare services was observed starting on May 4, 2026, at 12:31 PM UTC. The issue was resolved on May 4, 2026, at 3:04 PM UTC, after approximately 2 hours and 33 minutes.
Impact
During this incident, users reported widespread issues with website accessibility and performance. The most common reports indicated websites being down entirely, followed by reports of slow or unresponsive services. A smaller number of users also experienced API-related problems. The disruption was detected through user reports and monitored by PulseWatch, with the issue being correlated across multiple signal groups.
Top reported issues
- Website down44
- Slow / unresponsive20
- API issues4
Incident timeline
- May 4, 12:31 PM
PulseWatch detected elevated report volume (high severity)
- May 4, 12:45 PM
Peak of 8 reports in 15 minutes (baseline 4.0)
- May 4, 02:08 PM
Status updated: major issue
- May 4, 03:04 PM
Report volume returned to baseline — incident resolved
Official updates
- May 4, 12:31 PM
Cloudflare status page acknowledged the incident.
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