503RADARINCIDENT ARCHIVEMETHODOLOGY
RESOLVED

Cloudflare outage — August 20, 2026

Durable Objects and Downstream Service Errors

Cloudflare’s Multiple services was disrupted for 2h 30m on August 20, 2026. 503Radar’s sensors raised the first signal at 15:39 UTC, 1h 13m before the official status page acknowledged impact.

Key facts

DetectedAugust 20, 2026 · 15:39 UTC
Confirmed16:53 UTC · lead time 1h 13m
Resolved18:09 UTC
Duration2h 30m
ServiceMultiple services
Official recordhttps://www.cloudflarestatus.com/incidents/f35vbpr3dv4h

Timeline

  1. 15:39Z

    Detected · Signal

    2 crowd signals for Multiple services on CLOUDFLARE crossed the signal threshold.
  2. 16:53Z

    Confirmed · Official

    An official CLOUDFLARE status-page notice corroborated the event — 1h 13m after detection.
  3. 18:09Z

    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, hn_comments (below the anomaly threshold), z=-0.1σ vs the cell baseline. Official notice confirms it, 1h 13m after the crowd.