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cloudflare Shutdowns, power outages, and conflict: a review of Q1 2026 Internet disruptions 2026-04-28 David Belson In the first quarter of 2026, government-directed shutdowns figured prominently, with prolonged Internet blackouts in both Uganda and Iran, a stark contrast to the lack of ob…
cloudflare 500 Tbps of capacity: 16 years of scaling our global network 2026-04-10 Tanner Ryan Cloudflare’s global network and backbone in 2026. Cloudflare's network recently passed a major milestone: we crossed 500 terabits per second (Tbps) of external capacity. When we say 500 Tbps, we…
cloudflare Cable cuts, storms, and DNS: a look at Internet disruptions in Q4 2025 2026-01-26 David Belson In 2025, we observed over 180 Internet disruptions spurred by a variety of causes – some were brief and partial, while others were complete outages lasting for days. In the fourth quar…
cloudflare Route leak incident on January 22, 2026 2026-01-23 Bryton Herdes Tom Strickx On January 22, 2026, an automated routing policy configuration error caused us to leak some Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) prefixes unintentionally from a router at our data center in Miami, Florida. Whi…
cloudflare What we know about Iran’s Internet shutdown 2026-01-13 David Belson In late December 2025, wide-scale protests erupted across multiple cities in Iran. While these protests were initially fueled by frustration over inflation, food prices, and currency depreciation, they have grow…