A major internet disruption occurred on December 5, 2025, after Cloudflare suffered yet another outage, briefly knocking several popular websites and apps offline across the globe. The downtime lasted around half an hour but caused widespread inconvenience as platforms relying on Cloudflare’s network stopped loading or showed error messages.
Users reported issues with a wide range of services, including finance apps like Zerodha and Groww, productivity tools such as Zoom and Canva, and even Downdetector, the portal used to track outages. Many websites experienced loading failures, login errors, and complete service interruptions.
Cloudflare later confirmed that the outage was triggered by a faulty configuration change in its Web Application Firewall. The update was rolled out to address a recently disclosed security flaw involving React Server Components. The company clarified that the failure was technical in nature and not the result of a cyberattack.
This marks Cloudflare’s second major incident in recent weeks, raising concerns about the global dependence on a few internet infrastructure providers. Even a brief disruption at one such company can create a ripple effect across industries, impacting millions of users and businesses at the same time.
Cloudflare has restored services and apologised for the inconvenience while assuring users that the vulnerability update will be handled more carefully going forward.
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