Is Cloudflare down again today, December 5? Fortnite, Zoom, Canva... among affected services - DownDetector up - Diario AS
Diario AS is reporting on the story above. It caught our attention because it may affect readers checking their internet or a specific service on SpeedTestTools right now.
Cloudflare acts as the hidden plumbing for a massive chunk of the internet. When it encounters trouble, it causes a domino effect that disrupts online games, work meetings, and creative apps all at the same time. For everyday users, this makes your entire home connection feel completely broken, leading to confusing error screens across services that seem to have nothing to do with each other.
Before you start unplugging your router or calling your service provider, run a quick check to pinpoint the issue. Try loading a few completely unrelated websites, such as an online banking portal or a major search engine. If some sites work perfectly while others fail to load, the breakdown is happening on the web's end, not inside your house. You can also check independent outage tracking sites to confirm if thousands of others are seeing the same sudden errors.
In moments like this, the smartest move is simply to step away and wait it out, knowing your own equipment is working as it should.
- Run a quick speed test — get concrete numbers before assuming it's your ISP.
- Open the Down Detector board to see which major services are actually having issues right now.
- If numbers look off, walk through the Fix-My-Internet checklist — most issues clear in the first two steps.