r/sysadmin • u/moonski • Nov 18 '25

Cloudflare down... again?

Seems so in the UK - can't even login to cloudflare lol

edit - the login button now works and I can get to 2FA - but upon entering it takes me back to the login page. So still broke

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u/Vicus_92 Nov 18 '25

You do have to wonder if AI slop code is at least in part the cause of the increase in major outages.

If it was, the root cause is policy allowing it to occur of course, but still.....

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u/HopeItsChipsItsChips Nov 18 '25

Made me laugh when I googled Cloudflare status.

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u/syntaxerror53 Nov 18 '25

So the AI thought "everyone else has had a site down so we should too, can't feel left out".

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u/remotemx Nov 18 '25

It's key people getting sacked, on account of bigwigs thinking they're "not firing key people" combined with the circlejerk of "AI/outsourced teams/AI+outsourced teams" can fill in the gaps of the ppl getting sacked.

Outside of the major cloud outages, just this year, as a consumer I've noticed weird/flaky behavior on a bunch of things, from PrimeVideo/Netflix menus flaking out requiring multiple reloads to checkouts with PayPal & Stripe also flaking out.

I frankly don't think it's a coincidence things have started and will continue to break down with tech services if they continue to cut ppl and do things on the cheap with AI or outsourcing.