Hyderabad, Nov. 18 -- Issues with web infrastructure company Cloudflare triggered a massive outage for services such as X, ChatGPT, Canva and thousands of other sites on Tuesday, November 18.

The outage, sparking at around 5:18 pm, was largely resolved at 8:12 pm IST. "A fix has been implemented, and we believe the incident is now resolved. We are continuing to monitor for errors to ensure all services are back to normal," stated the Cloudflare dashboard.

What is Cloudflare and why does one company breaking affect so much of the internet?

Cloudflare is an American company that works like a giant shield and turbo-booster for the internet. It sits between you and the actual website servers, delivering pages faster (through its Content De...