Outage Articles

A technical post about how Cloudflare responded to the .de TLD DNSSEC signature failure on May 5, 2026, which caused widespread DNS validation failures.

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Code Orange: Fail Small is complete. The result is a stronger Cloudflare network

Cloudflare completed the 'Code Orange: Fail Small' initiative to improve infrastructure resilience and prevent future global outages through safer deployments and graceful failure handling.

Shutdowns, power outages, and conflict: a review of Q1 2026 Internet disruptions

Q1 2026 experienced multiple Internet disruptions from government shutdowns, military operations, power outages, and technical failures.

Cloudflare outage on February 20, 2026

Cloudflare's February 20, 2026 outage was caused by a software bug that unintentionally withdrew 25% of BYOIP prefixes via BGP, disrupting services for over 6 hours.

Cable cuts, storms, and DNS: a look at Internet disruptions in Q4 2025

This post summarizes Internet disruptions observed globally in Q4 2025, covering government shutdowns, cable cuts, power outages, weather events, and technical incidents.

Code Orange: Fail Small — our resilience plan following recent incidents

Cloudflare outlines its 'Code Orange: Fail Small' resilience plan following two major network outages in November and December 2025.

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