The data is not certain. Around 10:00 today, Friday 5 December, Cloudflare it stopped working. The service that manages a large portion of internet traffic it started to cause problems. We cannot give more precise information because DownDetectorthe main monitoring platform, was unreachable for several minutes and could not record data down signals. She also relies on Cloudflare.
The down, however, was evident and had a significant impact various services. Over Downdetector have been blocked LinkedIn, Canva, Vinted, Zoom And Shopify. In the end the down was resolved in 20 minute ride. A similar problem, on a much larger scale, occurred on November 30th. The first wave of problems it resolved itself in 30 minutes but then the disruptions continued throughout the day. Meanwhile, Cloudflare explained on the Status page that its technicians are working to fix a problem related to the recognition of some scripts.
The case of ChatGPT
Cloudflare is not among the services that collapsed together with Cloudflare ChatGPT. Strange fact: November 30th down by ChatGPT he had been one of those who had raised the most interest in the collapse of the service. This time however ChatGPT remained active and also judging by the traces on social media there have been no major reports on the OpenAI chatbot.
CloudFlare Down: Why ChatGPT, Canva, and Other Pieces of the Internet Crashed
What is Cloudflare for?
Imagine Cloudflare like a filter. It is an intermediary service that is placed between users and the sites they want to reach through the internet. His job is to manage traffic. If a site uses Cloudflare, users do not land directly on the site’s servers but come intercepted by Cloudflare. This mechanism serves to avoid flooding the servers and creating a second level of protection.
