Cloudflare outage affects multiple websites and social media platforms
Cloudflare reported issues leaving several websites and apps affected
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A number of websites have been hit by technical issues on Tuesday, with several users also reporting having issues logging onto popular internet applications, including Facebook and X.
BBC.com reported that infrastructure firm, Cloudflare, was hit by issues.
Cloudflare itself confirmed that it is aware of the issue.
Cloudflare confirmed issues with its infrastructure on Tuesday
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"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," the firm said.
It added that services were starting to recover but customers may continue to observe higher-than-normal error rates as it continues remediation efforts.
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