Outage

Coinbase-backed Ethereum layer-2 network Base resumed block production on Thursday after a roughly two-hour outage. The disruption halted transaction processing on one of Ethereum's largest layer-2 networks.

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The Sui Network experienced a nearly six-hour outage on Friday due to a bug in a network update. This marked the blockchain's second downtime of 2026 and the second day in a row of disruptions. Normal operations have since resumed.

The social media platform X, formerly Twitter, experienced an intermittent outage starting around 7 a.m. PT on January 16, 2026, affecting users worldwide and its AI chatbot Grok. Reports spiked on Downdetector, with issues lingering for several hours before full resolution by early afternoon.

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Verizon experienced a major network outage on Wednesday that disrupted service for up to 2 million customers across the United States for more than eight hours. The carrier attributed the issue to a software problem and not a cybersecurity incident, while offering affected users a $20 credit. A telecommunications analyst points to a possible human error in a 5G update as the culprit.

A major outage at Cloudflare on November 18, 2025, disrupted numerous websites and services, initially mistaken for a massive DDoS attack. The issue stemmed from an internal database change that doubled the size of a critical feature file used in the company's bot management system. Cloudflare resolved the problem by reverting to a previous file version, though full recovery took additional time due to surging traffic.

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A widespread outage at Cloudflare on November 18, 2025, temporarily knocked out large parts of the internet, affecting platforms like X and ChatGPT. The issue stemmed from a spike in unusual traffic caused by an oversized configuration file, leading to a software crash. Cloudflare implemented a fix, restoring most services, though some dashboard access issues lingered.