Cloudflare outage — August 7, 2026
Network Performance Issues in Chicago (ORD)
Cloudflare’s Multiple services was disrupted for 9h 45m on August 7, 2026. 503Radar’s sensors raised the first signal at 04:39 UTC, 8h 44m before the official status page acknowledged impact.
Key facts
| Detected | August 7, 2026 · 04:39 UTC |
| Confirmed | 13:23 UTC · lead time 8h 44m |
| Resolved | 14:24 UTC |
| Duration | 9h 45m |
| Service | Multiple services |
| Official record | https://stspg.io/3plfwsnk8vg0 |
Timeline
- 04:39Z
Detected · Signal
2 crowd signals for Multiple services on CLOUDFLARE crossed the signal threshold. - 13:23Z
Confirmed · Official
An official CLOUDFLARE status-page notice corroborated the event — 8h 44m after detection. - 14:24Z
Resolved
Signal volume fell back below the threshold; the event was closed.
How this was detected
1 independent evidence class for Multiple services on CLOUDFLARE. 2 crowd reports across bluesky (single platform — not corroborating), z=+0.2σ vs the cell baseline. Official notice confirms it, 8h 44m after the crowd.