Cloudflare Glitch Disrupts Major Online Platforms Worldwide

A system update glitch in Cloudflare caused disruption across several major online platforms, including trading apps like Zerodha and fintech platforms, globally. This was Cloudflare's third major disruption in India within six months. The outage was not an attack but stemmed from a network update.

A critical glitch in Cloudflare, a content delivery service firm, disrupted several online platforms. Among the affected were trading apps like Zerodha and graphic design tool Canva, prompting widespread inconvenience.

This marks the third major disruption this year for Cloudflare users in India, with Downdetector showing numerous user complaints about the outage.

Cloudflare clarified the disruption resulted from a system update, not a cyberattack, aiming to mitigate a vulnerability in React Server Components.

(With inputs from agencies.)