Cloudflare outage takes down X and other services, one month after Musk mocked AWS customers.
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Cloudflare Outage Hits X After Musk Mocked AWS
What Happened During the Cloudflare Outage? Cloudflare outage takes down X and several popular platforms on November 18, 2025, leaving users frustrated. Services including ChatGPT, Claude, and Spotify experienced downtime, highlighting the fragility of major internet infrastructure. The outage occurred just a month after Elon Musk publicly mocked an AWS outage affecting services like Signal, adding irony to the situation. Image Credits:Jose A. Bernat Bacete / Getty Images How Did X Get Affected by Cloudflare Outage? X users reported inability to access chats, posts, and notifications. Musk’s previous comments on AWS emphasized X’s independence, but the Cloudflare outage revealed that even high-profile platforms rely heavily on external infrastructure services. Cloudflare confirmed the issue was identified and a fix was underway, though full service restoration was still pending at the time of reporting. Why Are Cloudflare Outages Significant for the Internet? Cloudflare outage takes down mu…