BREAKING: Cloudflare Dashboard Issues - MINOR ⚠️ Workarounds Inside
Cloudflare experiencing partial dashboard disruption. Immediate workarounds for indie hackers. Services investigating.
BREAKING: Cloudflare Dashboard Issues - Partial Disruption
Status: INVESTIGATING | Severity: MINOR ⚠️ | Impact: Partial | Updated: NOW
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What's Down & Who's Affected
Cloudflare is currently experiencing dashboard access issues. This means:
✗ Cloudflare Dashboard UI may be slow or intermittently unavailable ✗ API calls to manage DNS, workers, and settings may experience degradation ✓ Your live traffic is likely fine - edge services and DNS resolution are operational ✓ Cached content continues serving normally
Who this hits hardest: Developers actively managing DNS records, deploying Workers, or scaling infrastructure RIGHT NOW. Live site visitors should see minimal impact.
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Immediate Workarounds - Do This NOW
1. Skip the Dashboard (Use CLI Instead)
```bashInstall/update Wrangler for Workers deployments
npm install -g @cloudflare/wrangler@latestDeploy without touching dashboard
wrangler deployManage DNS via CLI
wrangler dns list ```2. Use Cloudflare API Directly
```bashGet your API token from your saved credentials
Example: List zones
curl -X GET "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_TOKEN" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" ```3. Terraform/IaC Users - Deploy as Planned
```bashYour infrastructure-as-code should work fine
terraform apply ```4. DNS Changes Don't Wait
If you absolutely need to modify DNS records and can't use API:5. Don't Panic-Refresh
Avoid hammering the dashboard. One refresh every 60 seconds max. Heavy traffic compounds issues.---
How to Check If Your Project is Affected
Quick tests:
1. Is your site still up? ```bash curl -I https://yourdomain.com # Should return 200/301/etc, not 502/503 ```
2. Is DNS resolving? ```bash dig yourdomain.com nslookup yourdomain.com ```
3. Test Cloudflare API directly: ```bash curl -I https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/user ```
4. Workers running? ```bash curl -I https://your-worker.your-domain.com ```
If all return 200: You're good. Dashboard is the problem, not your infrastructure.
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Alternative Tools to Consider
For temporary relief (not abandoning Cloudflare):
Recommendation: Don't switch now. This is partial/investigating. Wait 2-4 hours.
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How to Monitor Recovery
1. Check official status: - https://www.cloudflarestatus.com/ (real-time updates)
2. Set alerts: - Subscribe to status page notifications - Follow @Cloudflare on Twitter for updates
3. Local monitoring: ```bash watch -n 30 'curl -s https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/user | jq .success' ```
4. Expected timeline: Most partial outages resolve in 15-45 minutes once acknowledged.
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Bottom Line
Your sites are running. Your dashboard is struggling. Use the API, use CLI tools, keep building. This is why infrastructure-as-code matters.
We'll post updates here as Cloudflare provides them.
Stay calm. Stay productive. Keep shipping. 🚀