Web infrastructure company Cloudflare is facing issues which have triggered a massive outage for services such as X, ChatGPT, Canva and thousands of other sites.

What is Cloudflare and why does one company breaking affect so much of the internet?

Cloudflare is an American company that works like a giant shield and turbo-booster for the internet. It sits between you and the actual website servers, delivering pages faster (through its Content Delivery Network or CDN), blocking hackers, stopping DDoS attacks, and protecting against bots. Because it offers a very generous free plan, millions of websites – from small blogs to massive platforms – use it.

As of 2025, Cloudflare holds approximately 28% of the global CDN market, making it the largest or second-largest CDN provider depending on

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