Why the internet went down for 2.5 hours yesterday
Source: YouTube · Theo - t3․gg · published Jun 14, 2025 · 32:07
A major internet outage occurred due to Cloudflare's Worker KV service failure, which had an unexpected dependency on Google Cloud's storage infrastructure 0:00-0:20. The outage lasted 2 hours and 28 minutes, affecting multiple major services across the internet 12:10.
Key Takeaways:
• Cloudflare's Worker KV service had a previously unknown dependency on Google Cloud for cold storage, creating a single point of failure 5:11
• The outage affected approximately 90% of Worker KV requests and cascaded to many other Cloudflare services that rely on it 7:00
• Cloudflare took full ownership of the issue despite the root cause being a third-party failure 10:54
• The incident highlights concerning internet centralization where many major services rely on the same few providers 0:20
• Cloudflare is implementing measures to eliminate single dependencies and improve service resilience 28:00
The transparency and ownership demonstrated by Cloudflare in addressing this widespread outage exemplifies responsible crisis management in the tech industry 24:30.
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Discord, Google Cloud, Spotify, Google, Twitch, Character AI, Google Meet, Rocket League, Nest, Cloudflare, AWS, High Lee, even T3 chat. It kind of feels like the whole internet went down today. And I don't know about you guys, but that gets me really scared. Even though the internet's this big open place, it feels more and more like we're relying on the same set of providers. And that terrifies me. Feels like one of my favorite XKCD comics coming to life. You know, the classic project maintained by some random person in Nebraska powering the whole world. It's like that but big companies which in some ways is better in others is worse. And this one was particularly scary. That said, of all the companies listed other than T3 Chat, none of these are paying me. So I have to make a quick buck …