Global network issue at Cloudflare triggered widespread “500” errors; recovery is underway but some services remain slow or unreachable

By NetNewsLedger Staff
Published: November 18, 2025
Category: Technology | Local News

Thunder Bay — A major outage at internet infrastructure provider Cloudflare disrupted access to many websites this morning, with some local users reporting tbaytel.net was intermittently unavailable.

Cloudflare acknowledged an “internal service degradation” on its status page and began restoring service shortly after, though lingering errors continued for parts of the network.

Internationally, the disruption affected several high-profile platforms, including X (Twitter) and ChatGPT, according to wire reports.

Error levels dropped after Cloudflare deployed fixes, but full recovery may take time as systems stabilize.

Tbaytel advised customers that its website outage was tied to the Cloudflare issue and noted the incident is beyond the company’s control. (Core Tbaytel services such as phone, internet, TV and mobility were not broadly reported as down during the Cloudflare event.)

Customers who still can’t reach the site should try again later or use alternate support channels.

What is Cloudflare—and why it matters

Cloudflare sits between websites and the open internet, speeding up pages and filtering malicious traffic. When the platform encounters trouble, many unrelated sites can show “500” internal errors or fail to load, even though those sites themselves aren’t broken.

What you can do

• Retry later / refresh: Many pages return as routing recovers.

• Use official apps (if available): Some mobile apps bypass affected paths.

• Check status pages: Cloudflare’s status page and reputable news outlets will post incident updates.

• Avoid sharing unverified claims: Large outages often trigger rumours; rely on official notices.

NetNewsLedger will update this story as more information becomes available.