Cloudflare outage, 27 October 2026

ERR_TIMED_OUT and ERR_EMPTY_RESPONSE being observed by Cloudflare Customers

Started
Status
Ongoing: Identified
Impact
Minor

Is this still happening?

Yes. Cloudflare still lists it as identified; last update 27 Oct 2026, 13:20 UTC.

Right now: Cloudflare reports a partial outage. (as of 27 Oct, 13:49 UTC) Live Cloudflare status

Last update from Cloudflare

Cloudflare has identified a third-party issue affecting customers whose traffic passes through external vendor firewalls after recent firmware upgrades. Customers may observe: ERR_TIMED_OUT on standard HTTPS websites ERR_EMPTY_RESPONSE on non-standard HTTPS ports (e.g., 8443) Cloudflare's network and edge are functioning normally - these failures occur at the firewall inspection layer and can only be resolved with actions on the 3rd party software configuration.

27 Oct 2026, 13:20 UTC

Read the full incident on the official Cloudflare status page

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