2025-06-12T19:39:00Z

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A significant yet partial outage is currently affecting a multitude of online platforms, leaving users facing difficulties accessing several popular services. According to reports compiled by Downdetector, a website that tracks service disruptions, various major platforms—including Spotify, Google Cloud, AWS (Amazon Web Services), Discord, Google, Google Meet, Character.ai, Pokémon, Snapchat, Cloudflare, Google Drive, UPS, and Google Maps—are experiencing varied levels of operational issues.

Cloudflare, a key internet infrastructure provider, updated its status page at 12:12 p.m. PT, acknowledging the widespread disruption. The company stated that they had identified the source of the issue and were actively working to restore normal services. In their communication, Cloudflare indicated, “We are starting to see services recover. We still expect to see intermittent errors across the impacted services as systems handle retries and caches are filled.” This implies that while some services may begin functioning again, users could still encounter sporadic difficulties as the systems recalibrate.

By 12:57 p.m. PT, Cloudflare released an additional update informing users that their critical Workers KV service had gone offline due to an outage of a third-party service, which is essential for its operations. Cloudflare engineers have been mobilized to resolve this issue immediately, demonstrating the company's commitment to restoring services promptly. “We are aware of the deep impact this outage has caused and are working with all hands on deck to restore all services as quickly as possible,” the company added, emphasizing the urgency and seriousness of the situation.

In contrast, Google provided an update on its status page, informing users that many of its services were back up and running. At approximately 12:53 p.m. PT, Google announced, “The problem with Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Chat, Google Cloud Search, Google Docs, Google Drive, Google Meet, Google Tasks, and Google Voice has been resolved.” They extended their apologies for the inconvenience experienced by users and expressed gratitude for the patience and continued support from their customers.

This incident underlines the interconnected nature of modern online services, where an outage in one area can ripple across various platforms, causing widespread disruption. As businesses and individuals increasingly rely on cloud services for critical operations, the importance of robust infrastructure and rapid response to outages becomes ever more apparent.

It's worth noting that Downdetector is owned by Ziff Davis, which is also the parent company of CNET, a major technology news website.