19 November, according to various media reports, late last night, a global network infrastructure service provider Cloudflare Significant technical malfunctions resulting in large-scale websites, including social media platforms X, AI services ChatGPT, music stream media platforms Spotifycrash (of a computer).
The event attracted widespread attention from users around the world, with thousands of people reporting through the monitoring platform Downdetector that they were unable to access services。
Claudflare states that the failure was caused by an "unusual surge", which led to an error in the flow of some traffic via its network。
The company confirmed the downgrading of its internal services on the system status page and emphasized that it was working towards a full recovery. Although some services have been gradually restored, users may still be able to observe error rates above normal levels。
The scope of the impact also involved the use of Grindr, the design platform Canva, the game Heroes Alliance and the video site Letterboxd. The crash was similar to the repeated global failures of the Cloudflare system in the past few years, highlighting its critical place in the global Internet infrastructure。
It is noteworthy that, just recently, Cloudflare announced the acquisition of the AI platform Replicate, which plans to make its worker platform a core tool for AI application deployment. This strategic move contrasts sharply with sudden failures, indicating that companies continue to face technical stability challenges while expanding their operations。