Widespread internet outage knocks major sites and services offline (Updated)

Update, June 22, 2026 (2:01 PM ET): Cloudflare shares that its mitigation efforts are now successfully addressing “the majority of congestion and packet drops.” Hopefully this means that the internet is now more or less back to normal for most of you.

Original article, June 22, 2026 (10:43 AM ET): Like so many of us every Monday morning, trying to shake off the weekend and get our heads back into the workweek ahead of us, today the internet itself is having a bit of a rough go of things. We just shared with you that Reddit users were running into trouble accessing their favorite site, but as we pull back a little, it’s becoming increasingly clear that we’re looking at a much more widespread internet outage.

In addition to Reddit itself, we’re also seeing reports of problems connecting to X and other sites. Cloudflare reports increased error rates across multiple services, adding credence to the theory that this incident stems from a backend issue, rather than problems with specific sites and services.

A Cloudflare update informs us that a cut fiber optic cable somewhere in eastern North America appears to be behind today’s disruption.

The company has taken steps to mitigate the impact of that cut, and engineers continue to work on the fix.