Cloudflare DNS Outage Disrupts Access for Thousands Globally
So here’s something that caught a lot of people off guard recently — if your internet suddenly felt broken or certain websites stopped working for you, you weren’t alone. There was a major disruption caused by Cloudflare, and it’s been affecting thousands of users all over the globe.
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The issue stemmed from Cloudflare’s widely used 1.1.1.1 public DNS resolver , a tool that many rely on for faster and more private browsing. On July 14, 2025, sometime around 22:13 UTC (that’s about 6:13 PM Eastern Time) , Cloudflare acknowledged that there was a problem, and soon after, they started deploying a fix. Fortunately, their Gateway DNS and Authoritative DNS services remained unaffected, so it wasn’t a complete outage across all of Cloudflare’s systems.
However, for users who had their DNS settings configured to use 1.1.1.1 — which is a lot of us, especially those who favor performance and privacy — things got a little chaotic. Websites wouldn’t load, others were painfully slow, and some services just timed out altogether. Reports started flooding platforms like DownDetector, where people from all over were seeing outages and thinking it was individual sites that were down.
But in reality, it was all rooted in this single infrastructure issue. If you were using a different DNS provider or didn’t rely on Cloudflare’s 1.1.1.1 resolver, chances are, your browsing experience went on uninterrupted.
Now, the good news is that Cloudflare reacted fairly quickly. By 22:59 UTC (6:59 PM EST) , they had implemented a fix and began monitoring the situation. And by now, everything appears to be back to normal — all systems operational, according to their official status page.
But this kind of outage is a reminder of how much of the internet’s backbone relies on services like Cloudflare. When something goes wrong, even for just a few minutes, the ripple effects are massive. It highlights how important DNS infrastructure is, and how crucial it is for these providers to have fast response mechanisms.
If you're still having issues, try switching to an alternative DNS like Google’s 8.8.8.8, at least temporarily. Otherwise, you should be seeing things smooth out soon if they haven’t already.
We’ll keep an eye on developments like this in the future — because in today’s connected world, even a minor DNS hiccup can feel like the internet’s gone dark.
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