Written By Divya
Edited By: Divya | Published By: Divya | Published: Nov 18, 2025, 05:47 PM (IST)
X, ChatGPT, Canva, AWS, and Valorant users (including us!) are facing a massive outage right now. This outage seems to be connected with Cloudflare, which works as a content delivery network (CDN). Also Read: ChatGPT Down: Technical glitches disrupt active conversations and account logins
Cloudflare said in a statement, “Cloudflare is aware of, and investigating an issue which impacts multiple customers: Widespread 500 errors, Cloudflare Dashboard and API also failing. We are working to understand the full impact and mitigate this problem. More updates to follow shortly.” Also Read: Cloudflare Layoffs 2026: AI boom costs more than 1,100 employees their jobs
Downdetector, the outage-detecting platform, has even faced issues while accessing it! However, later on, it came back to its services. Also Read: ChatGPT down? Over 1900 users report errors, slow responses in India
The outage impact was immediately visible across major online services, as tracked by Downdetector, an outage monitoring site that itself was temporarily affected. The outage-detecting site registered a dramatic spike in user reports. Here are the reported issues so far:
Cloudflare: Over 3,400 reports.
X (formerly Twitter): Over 1,400 reports, with users reporting difficulties loading posts and timelines.
AWS (Amazon Web Services): Over 200 reports, indicating that while the outage’s epicenter appears to be Cloudflare, it is having effects on other cloud providers or services that rely on both.
Valorant: Over 270 reports
Canva: Over 40 reports
In addition to these platforms, ChatGPT and other OpenAI tools were also struggling with accessibility, with users reporting slow loading times and an inability to access the services. Users attempting to access affected sites were commonly met with an “internal server error on Cloudflare’s network,” asking them to “please try again in a few minutes.”
If you are one of the users who are facing issues with any of these apps, then all you have to do is… wait!
In the latest update, Cloudflare says that, “We are seeing services recover, but customers may continue to observe higher-than-normal error rates as we continue remediation efforts.”