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Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submitloginAsk HN: Why were OpenAI, Claude, and Grok simultaneously down?202 points by halcdev 3 hours ago | hide | past | favorite | 169 commentshttps://status.openai.comhttps://status.claude.comhttps://status.x.ai help kibae 2 hours ago | next [–] Cloudflare, Azure, AWS, and Google Cloud all have a similar uptick in reported errors around 7:30. I suspect an outage on Cloudflare or another load-bearing service cascaded through all the major cloud providers.https://downdetector.com/status/cloudflare/https://downdetector.com/status/windows-azure/https://downdetector.com/status/aws-amazon-web-services/https://downdetector.com/status/google-cloud/replysamaysharma 47 minutes ago | parent | next [–] Cloudflare CTO claims that it's not themhttps://x.com/dok2001/status/2095538619603628388?s=46&t=ec6p...replyy-c-o-m-b 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [–] Cloudfare did release an update for their "HTTP/3 issue affecting R2 custom domains" around that timehttps://www.cloudflarestatus.com/history?type=incidentreplymoomin 1 hour ago | parent | prev | next [–] Yes, but is it a load-bearing seam?replycodechicago277 4 minutes ago | root | parent | next [–] I need to take a step back.replygraemep 35 minutes ago | root | parent | prev | next [–] You are right, it is. They have now landed a clean fix.replyOarch 10 minutes ago | root | parent | next [–] They're saving a memory so this can't happen again.replyJohnMakin 10 minutes ago | root | parent | prev | next [–] Honestly, this is worth looking at — with one caveat.replymartyfunkhouser 1 hour ago | parent | prev | next [–] Will the post-mortem reveal they all relied on a service running on a Macbook in a break room with a "Do not turn off" sign taped to it?replymcphage 1 hour ago | root | parent | next [–] Actually it said "Beware of the Leopard".replyRobotToaster 56 minutes ago | root | parent | next [–] If it was still running snow leopard that would explain itreplyhejdidf 1 hour ago | root | parent | prev | next [4 more] [flagged]esafak 1 hour ago | root | parent | next [–] Evidently it annoyed you enough to create one too. Remember, guys, there's one more day until Friday!replymartyfunkhouser 1 hour ago | root | parent | next [–] Friday is when the janitors come by with the floor polishers and plug them into the same socket as the Macbook.They are not taking the blame this time!reply4chandaily 1 hour ago | root | parent | next [–] Just writing to say that I appreciated the nostalgia, even if your references were lost on the other responders.replysnihalani 1 hour ago | parent | prev | next [–] my money is on DNSreplyred-iron-pine 8 minutes ago | root | parent | next [–] there is a haiku about thisreplyjlaneve 1 hour ago | parent | prev | next [–] Dane says Cloudflare has no service disruptions: https://x.com/dok2001/status/2095538619603628388?s=20replyguybedo 1 hour ago | parent | prev | next [–] LOAD BEARINGreplyalgoth1 1 hour ago | parent | prev | next [–] https://xkcd.com/2347/ Nebraska man retiredreplyboomlinde 21 minutes ago | root | parent | next [–] Maybe a three-line npm package sneezed.replyFlere-Imsaho 8 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [–] The internet is not supposed to work like this. The network was designed for robustness and fault tolerance, which allows it to reroute data if parts of the network fail.Why are we all depending on one entity for it all to work? Makes me mad.replyseanw444 1 minute ago | root | parent | next [–] Because more fasterer and more cheaperer.I hope Reticulum gains traction.replysubw00f 2 minutes ago | root | parent | prev | next [–] Oh boy, the internet is anything but what it was supposed to be. I can't really bring myself to remember without feeling bad about it. The centralization, the power of certain businesses, the surveillance, dark patterns everywhere. Hell, you catch people simping for billionaires and asking, "Is that legal?" to scraping posts. Here. In HACKER news. So yeah. Depressing.replydominotw 18 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [–] > load-bearing servicedo you generate training data for claude as a job?replyKptMarchewa 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [–] Not really. The impact isn't as big too - Codex for example did not stop working for me.https://updog.ai/replypersonjerry 1 hour ago | root | parent | next [–] what's updog?replyred-iron-pine 8 minutes ago | root | parent | next [–] gottem!replystirfish 1 hour ago | root | parent | prev | next [–] :)replytaytus 1 hour ago | root | parent | prev | next [–] oh well, if it is working for you, then we are saved.replycromka 1 hour ago | root | parent | prev | next [–] > Not really. The impact isn't as big too - Codex for example did not stop working for me.Buddy, read the room. Just because it works for you doesn't mean it works for everyone. ESPECIALLY if the suggested issue here is, indeed, with Cloudflare.replyemerongi 1 hour ago | root | p