Cloudflare Access bypass IP service experiencing availability issues

lowCloudflareAccessAug 31, 2026 11:40Duration: 3h 11m

authentication

Authentication Issue

Summary

This incident has been resolved.

Impact

minor

Timeline

Aug 31, 2026 11:40

[investigating] We are investigating an issue affecting the Access IP List service, which may result in failures when bypassing users whose IPs are listed in them. Our engineering team is currently working to identify and resolve the root cause. We will provide updates as more information becomes available.

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+1h 28m

Aug 31, 2026 13:08

[identified] The issue has been identified and a fix is being implemented.

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+1h 42m

Aug 31, 2026 14:50

[resolved] This incident has been resolved.

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Lessons Learned

⚠Cloudflare has experienced 367 incidents in the past year. This frequency suggests systemic reliability challenges that may warrant additional monitoring.

📊Incidents related to authentication have occurred 178 times across all providers in the past year. This is one of the most common failure categories in cloud infrastructure.

💡This incident is categorized as: Authentication Issue. Consider implementing preventive measures specific to this failure category.