November 18, 2025 – A major Cloudflare outage on Tuesday disrupted internet services across multiple continents, leaving businesses, streaming platforms, and essential web applications, like SearchEngineLand, ChatGPT, and more, struggling to stay online.
The incident, which began early afternoon, triggered widespread connectivity failures, slow website loading times, and complete service outages for thousands of domains. All those domains are purely reliant on Cloudflare’s content delivery network (CDN) and security infrastructure.
What Cloudflare States?
Cloudflare acknowledged the issue in a brief status update, stating, “Cloudflare is currently experiencing internal service degradation, causing intermittent disruptions across some of its services.”
Early signs point toward a possible routing issue or internal network configuration error, though the company has not shared technical details as of publication time. Internet traffic monitors recorded a significant spike in error rates, with some analysts calling it “one of the most severe outages Cloudflare has experienced this year.”
One Reddit user (Lilgoat_25) is telling, “We are witnessing Order 66 with our very own eyes 😭”
Social media platforms quickly flooded with complaints as users across Pakistan, India, the UK, and parts of the US reported the sudden breakdown of services. They all used to rely on these services for business and communication in their daily lives.
As of now, 13:58 UTC, Cloudflare has not provided an estimated time for full restoration. Users continue to face intermittent connectivity issues, though some regions report gradual improvement.
Top 10 Websites are Down Due to Cloudflare Outages
StuffaBlog reporters reported:
1. ChatGPT.com is Down.
ChatGPT, the AI chatbot platform used by millions globally, went offline. Users reported that both the website and API were inaccessible, preventing access to AI-based conversations, tools, and integrations.
2. SearchEngineLand.com is Down.
SearchEngineLand, a leading source for search engine news, updates, and analysis, experienced downtime. Professionals relying on SEO and marketing insights were unable to access the latest reports.
3. NameCheap.com is Down.
NameCheap, a popular domain registrar and hosting service, went offline. Users trying to manage domains, hosting accounts, or email services faced disruptions across multiple regions.
4. Cloudways.com is Down.
Cloudways, a cloud hosting platform for websites and applications, experienced downtime. Many businesses hosted on the platform reported interrupted services, website outages, and delayed client workflows.
5. Crunchbase.com is Down.
Crunchbase, the database of startups, investments, and companies, became inaccessible. Entrepreneurs, investors, and researchers could not retrieve crucial business information or analytics during the outage.
6. Perplexity.ai is Down.
Perplexity.ai, an AI-powered search and research platform, went down. Users looking for AI-driven insights, answers, and summaries reported being unable to access the service.
7. BoardGameArena.com is Down.
BoardGameArena, an online multiplayer board game platform, faced outages. Gamers worldwide were unable to play digital board games, join sessions, or continue ongoing matches.
8. Claude.ai is Down.
Claude.ai, another popular AI platform, went offline during the outage. Users relying on Claude for AI-generated insights and productivity tools reported disruptions in their workflows.
9. NogenTech.org is Down.
NogenTech.org, a prominent source for tech news, trends, and analytics, was offline. Readers and tech enthusiasts could not access timely reports on innovation and industry developments.
10. WiseToast.com is Down.
WiseToast.com, a productivity and collaboration platform, became temporarily unavailable. Users relying on its tools for task management, scheduling, and team coordination experienced interruptions.
This outage underscores the critical role of Cloudflare in powering the web and highlights how a single network issue can ripple across multiple industries and services globally. Cloudflare engineers are reportedly working to restore full functionality, and services are gradually coming back online.
