Is Cloudflare Down?
Cloudflare is not globally down today, but there have been interruptions. On November 19, 2025, Cloudflare initiated scheduled maintenance in its Chicago (ORD) datacenter. This maintenance has the potential to cause brief connectivity disruptions and a slight increase in latency for some end users in the affected region.
For customers with private or cloud network interconnections (PNI/CNI) in Chicago, network traffic may temporarily fail over to alternative routes. Network interfaces in that datacenter may become unavailable during maintenance windows.
Cloudflare has also recently recovered from a significant global outage on November 18, 2025, which affected major platforms like X (formerly Twitter), OpenAI, and others. Outages created broad disruptions, but Cloudflare's team resolved most issues later that same day.
Cloudflare Outage Today
Today’s main issue is a planned maintenance event at the ORD (Chicago) region. The official support page states:
“Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary... We will be performing scheduled maintenance in ORD (Chicago) datacenter on 2025-11-19 between 05:00 and 12:00 UTC. Traffic might be re-routed from this location, hence there is a possibility of a slight increase in latency during this maintenance window for end-users in the affected region.”
Cloudflare’s platform serves as a content delivery network, safeguarding and accelerating over 20% of the world’s web traffic. When disruptions occur at any key site like Chicago, users of websites routed through these datacenters may see slow responses or brief outages, especially users geographically close to the affected location. Outside this region, Cloudflare services remain largely unaffected.
The maintenance is not the result of a security breach or bug, but a necessary infrastructure upgrade and routine upkeep as part of Cloudflare’s commitment to reliability and security.
When Will Cloudflare Be Back Up?
The maintenance window for the Chicago datacenter began at 05:00 UTC and is scheduled to finish by 12:00 UTC on November 19, 2025. During this time, Cloudflare has taken proactive steps to reroute traffic and minimize service impact. Once maintenance is complete, all network interfaces and services in the ORD location are expected to return to normal operation.
Cloudflare continues to monitor its services and will provide updates on its official status page. Most end-users should not experience a prolonged outage, only potential brief disruptions or increased latency in some cases while maintenance is ongoing.
For the most up-to-date information, Cloudflare encourages users to subscribe to notifications through their dashboard and monitor the status page for real-time updates and completion notifications.
Disclaimer:
The information provided is based on the latest available updates regarding Cloudflare's scheduled maintenance and recent outages. Service interruptions may vary by region, and updates will be available on Cloudflare's official status page. For real-time information, please refer to Cloudflare’s official support channels.
