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GitBook outage: App and Public content failures due to Cloudflare outage

GitBook reported this critical-impact incident on its official status page on Dec 5, 2025, 09:12 UTC. It was resolved after 1h.

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Dec 5, 2025, 09:12 UTC
started
Dec 5, 2025, 10:12 UTC
resolved
1h
duration
Critical
impact
  1. resolvedDec 5, 2025, 10:12 UTC

    [Cloudflare have resolved](https://www.cloudflarestatus.com/incidents/lfrm31y6sw9q) the incident and we have seen full recovery of public content and the app.

  2. monitoringDec 5, 2025, 09:32 UTC

    Cloudflare has implemented a [fix for the issue](https://www.cloudflarestatus.com/incidents/lfrm31y6sw9q). Public content and the GitBook app are back.

  3. identifiedDec 5, 2025, 09:12 UTC

    We are aware of issues loading public content and the GitBook app. The issue is related to a Cloudflare outage. More information on the incident can be found [here](https://www.cloudflarestatus.com/incidents/lfrm31y6sw9q).

What APIStatus.watch saw

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

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