Cloudflare incident: Network congestion in Portland and Seattle, US

Affected components

• Portland, OR, United States - (PDX)
• Seattle, WA, United States - (SEA)

1. resolvedOct 22, 2026, 02:09 UTC

   This incident has been resolved.

2. monitoringOct 22, 2026, 01:08 UTC

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

3. investigatingOct 22, 2026, 00:23 UTC

   Cloudflare is experiencing network congestion in Portland and Seattle, US. We are working to mitigate impact to Internet users in this region.

What APIStatus.watch saw

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