A massive Cloudfare outage led to issues on X, Spotify, ChatGPT, Mumsnet and Bet365 earlier today - problems remain despite a fix being announced

Major internet platforms are experiencing service disruptions on the morning of Nov. 18, following a reported outage by Cloudflare. Here's what we know.

DOZENS of websites have been crippled by a major outage which sparked chaos across the globe. Twitter, Spotify and Uber were among a number of sites hit when Cloudflare – an internet network

The company behind the outage, Cloudflare, is responsible for providing a range of services for websites such as performance enhancement capabilities, security and application development tools through its global network. But on Tuesday, Nov. 18, the company’s outage took major websites such as X, Spotify and ChatGPT down with it.

On Tuesday, several popular platforms and portals including X (formerly Twitter) and ChatGPT went offline due to an outage at Cloudflare, a major web services provider. What does Cloudflare do? Cloudflare helps websites load faster and protects them from online attacks by acting as a middle layer between users and websites.

A widespread internet disruption is affecting popular platforms like X and ChatGPT due to issues with Cloudflare, a major content delivery network provider. Users are encountering error messages and are unable to access various websites and online services.

The infrastructure service Cloudflare faced massive outages on Tuesday morning, cutting off access to ChatGPT, Claude, Spotify, X, and other platforms.