Cloudflare outage on February 20, 2026

2026-02-23

Cloudflare experienced a 6-hour outage on February 20 when a buggy API query in an automated cleanup task unintentionally withdrew 1,100 BYOIP (Bring Your Own IP) prefixes—about 25% of all BYOIP routes—making customer services unreachable and causing 403 errors on the 1.1.1.1 website.