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Cloudflare incident on August 21, 2025
On August 21, 2025, an influx of traffic directed toward clients hosted in AWS us-east-1 caused severe congestion on links between Cloudflare and us-east-1. In this post, we explain what the failure was, why it occurred, and what we’re doing to make sure this doesn’t happen again.
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| Submitted | Title on HN | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 22, 2025 | Cloudflare incident on August 21, 2025 by achalshah | 209 | 43 |
