"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:
— Kurouka (@KuroukaRun) November 18, 2025
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
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?
— Hari (@hari567388) November 18, 2025
Internal server error!#internalservererror pic.twitter.com/Kr7cwhyaMV
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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