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Cloudflare outage knocks out X, ChatGPT and major websites worldwide
MUMBAI: A sweeping internet hiccup rattled the digital world on Tuesday as Cloudflare, the heavyweight behind much of the modern web’s plumbing, faltered and dragged scores of popular platforms down with it. Users across continents were slapped with 500 errors, frozen dashboards and stalled apps, as sites from X to ChatGPT buckled at once.
Cloudflare said it was aware of an issue affecting multiple customers and was investigating the cause. Early checks pointed to widespread failures across its dashboard and API. The company said it was working to understand the full impact and mitigate the problem, promising further updates.
Later in the day, the firm said services were beginning to recover but warned that customers might still see higher-than-normal error rates while remediation continued. Engineers, meanwhile, kept digging into the source of the disruption.
The scale of the outage showed just how deeply Cloudflare sits under the global internet. Its DNS, CDN and security tools keep thousands of businesses online, meaning a wobble at its end cascades across the web. By 4.30pm IST, the impact was visible everywhere: users struggled to load posts on X, generate designs on Canva or run AI tools like ChatGPT. Even online games such as League of Legends saw players locked out.
Among the worst-hit services were:
Twitter (X)
Spotify
Canva
Shopify
OpenAI
Garmin
Claude
Verizon
Discord
TMobile
AT&T
League of Legends
For now, the web is largely back on its feet, though engineers are still elbow-deep in diagnostics. The internet may be vast, but when one pillar shakes, the whole structure feels the tremor. Today it did. And how.
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Swiggy sees record orders during India vs New Zealand T20 final
Chicken biryani tops match-day menu as fans order 7,500 times per minute at peak.
MUMBAI: India’s T20 final didn’t just break stumps, it broke Swiggy’s delivery records, proving cricket fans celebrate victories with plates, not just flags. Swiggy, India’s leading on-demand convenience platform, reported a sharp spike in food orders during the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup final between India and New Zealand. On 8 March 2026, overall orders rose 23.2 per cent year-on-year compared with the same date in 2025, driven by fans turning living rooms into mini stadiums complete with match-day feasts.
Key highlights from the evening:
- Orders during peak match hours (7–10 pm) were 2.1 times higher than pre-match levels.
- The highest order rate hit 7,500 orders per minute at 19:45.
- Chicken biryani reigned supreme as the most-ordered dish, followed by masala dosa, chicken fried rice, garlic breadsticks and paneer butter masala.
While metros such as Bengaluru, Mumbai and Hyderabad led volumes, the cricketing fever spread nationwide. Among emerging cities, Thiruvananthapuram, Surat and Rajkot recorded the strongest order growth. Smaller markets including Shillong, Agartala and Port Blair also showed significant appetite, underlining the expanding footprint of quick-commerce food delivery across India.
The surge reflects a growing trend of pairing major sporting events with doorstep delivery, turning big matches into shared, convenient celebrations. In a night where every boundary mattered, Swiggy proved the real MVP might just be the delivery partner who kept the snacks and the vibes flowing without missing a single wicket.
