A widespread disruption hit major online services in India on Friday afternoon after Cloudflare, one of the internet’s key infrastructure providers, suffered another major outage. The issue briefly knocked out access to prominent platforms, including ChatGPT, LinkedIn, BookMyShow, Canva, and several corporate websites that rely on Cloudflare’s content delivery and security network.

According to Downdetector, the internet disruption watchdog, the incident began around 3 PM IST, with users across multiple cities complaining of websites failing to load, showing “502” or “service unavailable” errors. ChatGPT and OpenAI’s platform were among the first to be hit, followed by social and ticketing apps.

Cloudflare acknowledged the problem through a status update confirming “widespread connectivi

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