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James Bentley

Cloudflare goes down, but a fix is in and ChatGPT and X are back online again

CHONGQING, CHINA - JULY 29: In this photo illustration, a person holds a smartphone displaying the logo of Cloudflare Inc. (NYSE: NET), an American web infrastructure and website security company, with the company's cloud logo visible in the background, on July 29, 2025 in Chongqing, China. (Photo illustration by Cheng Xin/Getty Images).

If you've tried logging into social media or want to write a quick review of the movie you've just watched, there's a good chance you've run into an error message. That's because internet cybersecurity and network company Cloudflare has gone down.

Cloudflare clarifies on the Cloudflare system status website that "The issue has been identified and a fix is being implemented", though it will be some time until we hear why this happened (assuming we ever will).

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