So yes, hundreds of clients messaged me about their sites being down this morning. It was nuts, we are still working through it. The first thing I did was fix my DNS to bypass cloudflare. Now I love cloudflare, it has kept us safe from tons of hackers and the following are the recommended suggestions.
Yes, Cloudflare is currently recovering from a significant global outage that started earlier this morning (November 18, 2025). Since your site is routed through #Cloudflare (based on your server setup), this is almost certainly why you experienced downtime.
Here is the breakdown of what happened and where things stand right now:
What Happened?
The Trigger: Around 11:20 AM UTC (early morning in the US), Cloudflare detected a massive "spike in unusual traffic" directed at one of their specific services.
The Result: This traffic spike caused a cascade of failures across their network, resulting in widespread 500 errors (Internal Server Error).
The Impact: It wasn't just you. Major platforms like X (Twitter), OpenAI (ChatGPT), Canva, and Spotify went down. Ironically, even Downdetector (the site people use to check if sites are down) crashed because it also relies on Cloudflare.
Current Status (As of ~9:00 AM EST)
Recovery: Cloudflare has identified the issue and is currently deploying a fix. They have stated that services are recovering, but you might still see "higher-than-normal error rates" for a little while longer as the backlog clears.
Dashboard Access: You mentioned earlier you were working on your site—note that the Cloudflare Dashboard and API were also failing, so you might have trouble logging in to check your DNS or analytics until fully resolved.
What You Should Do
Don't change your server settings. It is very tempting to start restarting Nginx/Apache or tweaking your firewall, but the issue is at the "Edge" (Cloudflare), not on your server.
Check the Status: You can view the official updates on Cloudflare's System Status page (if it loads for you).
Wait it out: Since they are already in the "monitoring/recovering" phase, your site should stabilize automatically without you needing to intervene.