Cloudflare down worldwide — Fortnite, Apex Legends, and more face major outage

On Thursday, Cloudflare faced significant service disruptions, following a substantial outage earlier this week. Users across various regions reported difficulties accessing numerous websites that depend on Cloudflare’s network services. Outage tracking platform Downdetector documented over 495 reports from the United States alone around 8:01 AM IST, indicating that the issues are still persisting. Affected users have been vocal about their experiences, highlighting problems such as websites failing to load and services becoming unreachable. The breakdown of user reports reveals that 58% are struggling with server connection issues, 30% are facing website-related problems, and 12% are encountering disruptions linked to hosting. Notably, several major online platforms and popular gaming titles have been affected by this outage. Games including Counter-Strike, Battlefield, Rocket League, Elden Ring, Fortnite, and Apex Legends have all reported outages in various regions around the globe. This situation continues to develop, and updates will follow as more information becomes available.