Major websites around the world are down due to Cloudflare outage. (Photo source: Unsplash) Show Quick Read Summary is AI Generated. Newsroom Reviewed

A widespread outage on Friday took down several major websites and online services across sectors, including search platforms, brokerages, newsrooms and design tools, before access gradually returned.

The disruption was traced back to issues at Cloudflare, which reported and resolved a service incident during the period.

Perplexity, Groww, Zerodha and Downdetector were among the sites that went offline. News outlets also faced downtime during the outage window.

Platforms including Zoom, Shopify, Claude, Canva, LinkedIn and HDFC Bank experienced interruptions as well, according to Downdetector.

Many users were unable to check outage

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