Eish! The internet went bonkers earlier today after a major Cloudflare outage hit websites globally. Picture this: you're chilling, trying to access your favourite online store, or maybe just catch up on the news, and boom! 500 Internal Server Error staring you in the face. Ja, that's what millions experienced.
What Happened, Bra?
Rumours are flying faster than a speeding bakkie that a new developer at Cloudflare, maybe even on their first day, accidentally unleashed a digital storm. Apparently, they were just trying to push a “small update.” Small update? More like a nuclear bomb for websites!
Shopify stores, news sites, even your local jol website – all down! The internet collectively let out a massive “Hayibo!”
Social Media Went Wild
South Africans, being the social media gurus we are, jumped online to share their pain (and jokes):
- “First day at Cloudflare and the intern pressed Ctrl+Alt+Delete on the whole internet 😭”
- “Cloudflare's got commitment issues, breaking the internet every fiscal quarter!”
- “Small update = global outage. Classic, bru!”
Cloudflare Engineers Under Pressure, Eish!
Reports suggest Cloudflare engineers are going through it right now:
- Running on pure adrenaline
- Debugging a mountain of problems
- Whispering, “Why is this connected to that, man?”
- Regretting letting interns deploy on a Friday
Some say the rookie dev just wanted to fix a typo. A typo! That cost the internet a whole lot of time and frustration.
Shopify Stores in Panic Mode
E-commerce platforms like Shopify took a massive hit. Merchants were sweating bullets as their carts, dashboards, and entire storefronts disappeared. Can you imagine the stress?
Cloudflare's Response
Cloudflare confirmed the disruptions to their Dashboard and API services. They traced the issue back to scheduled maintenance at their Chicago data center. While maintenance is routine, this one caused some serious jolling.
So, next time you see a 500 Internal Server Error, remember the rookie dev and the “small update” that broke the internet. Hayibo!