Cloudflare’s recent disruption impacted service for various internet clients. Photo by Smith Collection/Gado via Getty Images

Companies like OpenAI, Spotify and X (formerly Twitter) experienced online outages this morning due to a disruption at Cloudflare, the web infrastructure firm used by roughly one-fifth of all websites globally. The outage, which began around 5:20 ET today (Nov. 18) and was resolved four hours later, is the latest incident underscoring the fragility of the systems underpinning the internet.

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