Cloudflare outage — August 21, 2026
Elevated R2 errors in Dubai (DXB)
Cloudflare’s Workers & Pages was disrupted for 12h 01m on August 21, 2026. 503Radar’s sensors raised the first signal at 15:23 UTC, 11h 14m before the official status page acknowledged impact.
Key facts
| Detected | August 21, 2026 · 15:23 UTC |
| Confirmed | 02:38 UTC · lead time 11h 14m |
| Resolved | 03:24 UTC |
| Duration | 12h 01m |
| Service | Workers & Pages |
| Official record | https://www.cloudflarestatus.com/incidents/xdzz2t911t1w |
Timeline
- 15:23Z
Detected · Signal
Independent signals for Workers & Pages on CLOUDFLARE crossed the signal threshold. - 02:38Z
Confirmed · Official
An official CLOUDFLARE status-page notice corroborated the event — 11h 14m after detection. - 03:24Z
Resolved
Signal volume fell back below the threshold; the event was closed.
How this was detected
1 independent evidence class for workers on CLOUDFLARE. 1 crowd report across bluesky (single platform — not corroborating), z=-0.5σ vs the cell baseline. Official notice confirms it, 11h 14m after the crowd.