Major internet platforms are experiencing service disruptions on the morning of Nov. 18, following a reported outage by Cloudflare. Here's what we know.

Major outage is affecting global web services, including OpenAI, which means ChatGPT isn't working for many right now

Cloudflare is an internet infrastructure platform that powers many popular websites, including Spotify, OpenAI, League of Legends, and more. Cloudflare said the outage was resolved as of 9:30 a.m. EST, and all services would return to normal over the next several hours.

A widespread internet disruption is affecting popular platforms like X and ChatGPT due to issues with Cloudflare, a major content delivery network provider. Users are encountering error messages and are unable to access various websites and online services.

Cloudflare Inc is a US based company that provides content delivery network services, cybersecurity tools, and protection against distributed denial of service attacks, along with several other internet support services.

A Cloudflare software failure caused major sites like Spotify, X and ChatGPT to go dark, highlighting the internet’s growing centralization.

Many popular internet destinations appeared to be suffering from service issues Tuesday morning after a major web infrastructure company said it was dealing with "an internal service degradation."

Popular websites and apps like X, Spotify, and OpenAI experienced high rates of outages. Cloudflare announced it had implemented a fix and resolved the issue by mid-morning. Issues at Cloudflare, an internet services company,