DICT: Global Cloudflare outage resolved

The Department of Communications and Information Technology (DICT) on Wednesday said the outage that hit web-infrastructure firm Cloudflare which disrupted internet services has been resolved.

“The global Cloudflare issue has been resolved. All affected government and public websites should now be accessible. Most government systems remained stable throughout. DICT will continue monitoring to ensure full normal operations,” DICT Secretary Henry Aguda told GMA News Online.

In a statement posted on Facebook, the DICT said internet services have been stabilized amid Cloudflare's recovery.

The ICT Department said access to major platforms like X (formerly Twitter), ChatGPT, Spotify, and other Cloudflare-dependent sites has returned to normal after Cloudflare resolved its global outage.

“All critical government systems remained stable and secure throughout the incident,” it said.

Aguda, on Tuesday, said that “most government systems are working normally” and “only some websites that use Cloudfare may load slowly or show errors.”

Amid the Cloudflare recovery, the DICT said it continues to closely monitor the situation to ensure full operation and uninterrupted digital services.

“Some users may still experience minor delays as global traffic stabilizes. If issues persist, try clearing your browser cache or contacting your ISP for further checks,” it added.

On Tuesday, major Internet platforms, including X and ChatGPT, were inaccessible for thousands of users globally as Cloudflare was hit by an outage, although the outage has begun to ease.

Cloudflare, whose network handles around a fifth of web traffic, said it started to investigate the internal service degradation around 6:40 a.m. ET.

The incident seemingly prevented thousands of users from accessing platforms such as Canva, X, and ChatGPT as users logged reports with Downdetector.

The outage is the latest to hit internet services. Microsoft’s Azure had also faced an issue last month, while disruption at Amazon caused global turmoil among thousands of websites and some of the most popular apps, such as Snapchat and Reddit earlier in October. —AOL, GMA Integrated News