Cloudflare outage — August 23, 2026
Increased HTTP 5xx Errors in Chicago
Cloudflare’s Multiple services was disrupted for 13h 15m on August 23, 2026. 503Radar’s sensors raised the first signal at 18:09 UTC, 11h 43m before the official status page acknowledged impact.
Key facts
| Detected | August 23, 2026 · 18:09 UTC |
| Confirmed | 05:53 UTC · lead time 11h 43m |
| Resolved | 07:24 UTC |
| Duration | 13h 15m |
| Service | Multiple services |
| Official record | https://www.cloudflarestatus.com/incidents/9v68b4k90mry |
Timeline
- 18:09Z
Detected · Signal
3 crowd signals for Multiple services on CLOUDFLARE crossed the signal threshold. - 05:53Z
Confirmed · Official
An official CLOUDFLARE status-page notice corroborated the event — 11h 43m after detection. - 07:24Z
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. 3 crowd reports across bluesky, mastodon (below the anomaly threshold), z=+1.3σ vs the cell baseline. Official notice confirms it, 11h 43m after the crowd.