Parts of the internet just stopped working
Cloudflare appears to still be struggling for a fixThe last two Cloudflare updates had been the same thing: “We are continuing working on restoring service for application services customers”.Now, a new one, though it says the same thing: “We are continuing to work on a fix for this issue”.It appears we’re still some way from a fix.Andrew Griffin18 November 2025 14:26Why you might be getting accused of being a security risk todayAre you being asked to unblock Cloudflare? Or even being told that you might be a security risk.You’re not alone. Here’s why those error messages are coming up – and what you can do (which is basically nothing but wait).Andrew Griffin18 November 2025 14:11When will Cloudflare be back up?The issues – which have affected everything from ChatGPT to X, and even tracking website Down Detector – have now been going on for more than two hours.And there is no sign that they’ll be fixed soon. Cloudflare hasn’t given any indication of how long it thinks it will take. (And previously it suggested they had been fixed when it hadn’t, which suggests it is a big and perhaps hard to grasp issue.)But it has committed that it is “continuing working on restoring service”, as part of a run of updates that are generally reassuring but give no specific information.Andrew Griffin18 November 2025 13:54Problems appear to be spreadingAccording to tracking website Down Detector, whole new websites are being dragged into the outage. Products as various as shopping platform Vinted and gay dating app Grindr are now showing up as having problems, all of a sudden.(It’s worth noting however that Down Detector itself has been hit by the problems, so its tracking might not be as dependable as usual.)Andrew Griffin18 November 2025 13:46Work is 'continuing'“We are continuing working on restoring service for application services customers,” the latest update from Cloudflare reads. (That’s the important bit, which when fixed should let the affected websites get back online.)Andrew Griffin18 November 2025 13:43Cloudflare says some of its tools are recoveringThe company’s status page says that it has fixed its Access and WARP tools.But those are both fairly technical services, and so the problems at big sites might continue.Cloudflare says that it is “continuing to work towards restoring other services”.Andrew Griffin18 November 2025 13:17Bet365 knocked offlineBetting site bet365 has also been taken down by the Cloudflare outage.On there, the error message reads: “Sorry, you have been blocked. You are unable to access bet365.com.” It is accompanied by a host of worrying messages about you potentially being a security threat.But, just like ChatGPT below, you don’t need to worry. The concerning messages are because when Cloudflare is working then to get blocked by it is bad. But Cloudflare isn’t working, as we all know.Andrew Griffin18 November 2025 12:50ChatGPT also offlineThat page shows an error that is recurring across affected sites: “Please unblock challenges.cloudflare.com to proceed.”(But don’t worry – you don’t need to unblock anything, just wait it out.)Andrew Griffin18 November 2025 12:47Problem does not appear to be solvedAnecdotally, the problems seem to be back again. Many pages have stopped loading once more.Cloudflare says on its status page that it is “continuing to investigate this issue”. That’s a new update, posted since it said it thought it was fixed, suggesting that the problems do remain.Andrew Griffin18 November 2025 12:44Things appear to be coming back to normalCloudflare has posted another update, indicating that things are fixing but might still be broken for a little while.“We are seeing services recover, but customers may continue to observe higher-than-normal error rates as we continue remediation efforts,” the latest post reads.Andrew Griffin18 November 2025 12:35
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