“I’m Panicking WTF”: Cloudflare Outage Sparks Global Internet Chaos

Update (0753ET): 

Cloudflare’s internet outage continues… 

X remains disrupted, as well as many other websites.

. THE CLOUDFLARE COLLAPSE BY NUMBERS:

OUTAGE SEVERITY:

– Global scope across ALL timezones
– 11,000+ reports in USA (first hour)
– 3,800+ reports in UK (first hour)
– Multiple critical services failed simultaneously

ERROR TYPES REPORTED:

– HTTP 500 (Internal Server Error) -… pic.twitter.com/8X06w5py7m

— Kurouka (@KuroukaRun) November 18, 2025

Meanwhile…

y’all i’m panicking what the fuck is this? internal server error 500? pic.twitter.com/CTvatVn2PS

— nui ☁️ rewatching 𝗒𝗎𝗋𝗂 𝗈𝗇 𝗂𝖼𝖾 ☁️ j-18 jjk (@nuieater) November 18, 2025

Why is this happening?
Internal server error!#internalservererror pic.twitter.com/Kr7cwhyaMV

— Hari (@hari567388) November 18, 2025

man wtf lemme post my shit on silence ao3 wym internal server error pic.twitter.com/5XcbXhuJ5V

— will byers defense attorney. byler endgame (@missyoncegroove) November 18, 2025

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Internet infrastructure provider Cloudflare reported Tuesday morning that its global network is “experiencing issues.” The disruption has caused websites such as X to throw “internal server error” messages.

Here’s the note from Cloudflare’s system-status page indicating network disruptions:

Cloudflare is aware of, and investigating an issue which potentially impacts multiple customers. Further detail will be provided as more information becomes available.

Cloudflare’s outage has also affected X’s operations:

Besides X, impaced sites via Downdector data include:

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