Updated 17:23, Friday, 14 Azar 1404 AP GMT+8 This Cloudflare Down Outage Event Took Place In Philippines. Today, affected users in Philippines and other countries reported that numerous influential webpages and services went offline. The outage began during the time Cloudflare services suffered outages which resulted in unresponsive web pages, failure to load websites, and multiple login requests. Users received cryptic “Please unblock challenges.cloudflare.com to proceed” browser messages. Cloudflare outages also impact numerous air services, which to many users.
This document attempts to be a clear, unambiguous Top-5 statement of the extent of events that Cloudflare users and affected customers are experiencing.
1. Reports of Cloudflare Outage Events
Residents of Singapore, Hong Kong, USA, and a portion of Europe, reported the sudden inability to access certain websites. Their unresponsive websites, which For example, Downdetector. These unresponsive websites, described by people as unresponsive, resulted in unresponsive websites, For instance, Downdetector.
These events interrupted operational services of multiple cloud facility customers to positively validate a web request to server requests that would otherwise be considered.
Problem: Traffic is not being verified, so users incorrectly get blocked or get stuck with loading screens with messages like “challenges.cloudflare.com blocked.”
2. Major Websites and Apps Crashed at the Same Time
A large disruption like this is not typical. With how many services rely on Cloudflare, hundreds of websites going down at the same time is a large over to disruption. Major disruptions included:
* Errors from Cloudflare on ChatGPT
* Issues logging into and refreshing the timeline on X/twitter.
* “ Internal Server Error” on Canva
* Downtime on Riot Games’ Valorant and other game servers
* Page load failures on Forex Factory, Pixabay, Letterboxd, etc.
* Errors on the Perplexity AI tool
The large disruption across many different services created the perspective that “the internet is broken.”
3. Why Did Users See “Please Unblock challenges.cloudflare.com”
Cloudflare Outage Today – December 5, 2025 This notification will be shown once Cloudflare’s challenge/verification system fails to process a request. Usually, this protection feature is for websites against bot traffic. Yet, during an outage, the system crashes and cannot approve the legitimate users, thus resulting in blocked pages and frozen sessions. Significantly, the problem is not happening due to the user’s device, ISP, or browser. It is a failure solely on Cloudflare’s side.
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4. What Users Can Do if There Are Issues with Cloudflare
If the Cloudflare challenge errors persist, the following steps may help you temporarily:
1. Reload the page
2. Clear browsing data
3. Switch to mobile data or a VPN
4. Disable any strict browser extensions
5. Wait for Cloudflare to stabilize
Ultimately, there is nothing the user can do to fix the problem until Cloudflare gets its backend services back online.
5. Is the Internet Working Now?
There are reports indicating Cloudflare is operational once more, albeit slowly. There are some users, still experiencing challenge errors, but for the most part, users have reported their access has been restored.
For real-time updates, users normally check:
1. Downdetector Cloudflare graph
2. Cloudflare System Status page
3. Trending outage hashtags on X/Twitter
As per the most recent updates, services are working once more for the most part, but there may still be some outages until Cloudflare is fully operational.