X is down, along with a chunk of the internet

If you’re trying to investigate

The platform formerly known as Twitter was disrupted by a massive Cloudflare outage on Tuesday morning. At 6:48 a.m. ET, Cloudflare reported it was “investigating an issue that impacts multiple customers” with “widespread 500 errors.”

According to Downdetector, one of these platforms is X, where users are reporting issues with the social media site in addition to the Cloudflare outage. (Disclosure: DownDetector is owned by Ziff Davis, the parent company of Mashable.)

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A graph showing the increase in Cloudflare and X issues on Downdetector.

A shared problem spike seen on Downdetector.
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Cloudflare down: What we know so far about the outage

At 7:21 a.m. ET, Cloudflare reported, “We are seeing improvements in service, but customers may experience higher error rates than usual as we continue improvement efforts.”

Mashable has contacted Cloudflare for more information.

This is a developing story and will be updated as new details emerge.



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