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Cloudflare outage on Oct 20, 2026: what happened

On Oct 20, 2026, the Cloudflare status page reported "Cloudflare Zero Trust connectivity". About 3 hours 12 min: from Oct 20, 2026, 03:20 UTC to Oct 20, 2026, 06:32 UTC, by the official start and resolution times.

Started

Oct 20, 2026, 03:20 UTC

Resolved

Oct 20, 2026, 06:32 UTC

Duration

3 hours 12 min

Official impact

Critical

Affected

Dashboard, Zero Trust, Cloudflare Sites and Services - Zero Trust, Cloudflare Sites and Services - Dashboard

Source

Cloudflare Zero Trust connectivity on the Cloudflare status page

The Cloudflare status page rated it "Critical", its highest impact level: an outage of the affected parts, not only slowness.

What caused the Cloudflare outage?

The Cloudflare status page has not published a cause. When it identified the problem at 04:40 UTC on Oct 20, 2026, it said: "The issue has been identified and a fix is being implemented."

When was it fixed?

The Cloudflare status page marked it resolved at Oct 20, 2026, 06:32 UTC, 3 hours 12 min after it started. A fix was in place and being monitored from Oct 20, 2026, 04:44 UTC.

Timeline of official updates

Every update the Cloudflare status page posted, oldest first. Times are UTC.

1. Oct 20, 2026, 03:20 UTC investigating

   Cloudflare is investigating an issue with traffic that goes through Cloudflare One Gateway when an identity policy is present in the policy decision. This impacts all onramps to Cloudflare One Gateway. Cloudflare One Gateway policies with no identity policy are unaffected. We are also seeing impact to the Cloudflare Dashboard and are investigating further.

2. Oct 20, 2026, 03:47 UTC investigating

   We are continuing to investigate the issue.

3. Oct 20, 2026, 04:09 UTC investigating

   We are continuing to investigate the issue.

4. Oct 20, 2026, 04:22 UTC investigating

   We are continuing to investigate the issue.

5. Oct 20, 2026, 04:40 UTC identified

   The issue has been identified and a fix is being implemented.

6. Oct 20, 2026, 04:44 UTC monitoring

   A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the results.

7. Oct 20, 2026, 05:46 UTC monitoring

   The Cloudflare Access API continues to experience higher-than-normal error rates and increased latency. We are working to resolve the remaining API issues. Edge functionality, including Access logins and Cloudflare Secure Web Gateway connectivity, has been fully restored. We continue to monitor these services.

8. Oct 20, 2026, 06:14 UTC monitoring

   The Cloudflare Access API has been fully restored, with error rates and latency returning to normal levels. We continue to monitor these services.

9. Oct 20, 2026, 06:32 UTC resolved

   This incident has been resolved.

What our checks saw

• Our once-a-minute checks recorded Cloudflare as degraded from Oct 7, 2026, 21:22 UTC and it was still open at our last check (ongoing, read from the official status page).

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