Cloudflare incident: Network Performance Issues in Chicago (ORD)

1. resolvedOct 26, 2026, 09:03 UTC

   Between 08:21 and 09:03 UTC, Cloudflare observed localized network degradation affecting traffic routed through the Chicago (ORD) data center. Customers may have experienced intermittent latency and connection timeouts during this period.

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