Minor impactResolvedCDN

Cloudflare incident: Increased HTTP 429 Rate Limit Errors on Cloudflare Dashboard

Cloudflare reported this minor-impact incident on its official status page on Oct 29, 2026, 10:31 UTC. It was resolved after 1h 39m.

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Oct 29, 2026, 10:31 UTC
started
Oct 29, 2026, 12:10 UTC
resolved
1h 39m
duration
Minor
impact

Affected components

  • Dashboard
  • Support Site
  1. resolvedOct 29, 2026, 12:10 UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

  2. monitoringOct 29, 2026, 12:00 UTC

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

  3. identifiedOct 29, 2026, 11:39 UTC

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

  4. investigatingOct 29, 2026, 10:31 UTC

    We are currently investigating reports of increased HTTP 429 (Rate Limit Exceeded) errors impacting users accessing dash.cloudflare.com. This issue primarily affects legitimate users connecting via shared egress networks (such as Cloudflare One default egress IPs or external corporate proxies). Our engineering team is actively investigating the root cause and adjusting rate-limiting thresholds to restore normal dashboard access.

What APIStatus.watch saw

Our 5-minute checks didn't record a change in Cloudflare's overall status around this incident. Smaller or regional incidents often leave a provider's overall status green.

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