BREAKING: Cloudflare MINOR — Elevated Errors China Network [28lt5l8fg35j]

Cloudflare experiencing elevated errors across China network. Partial disruption identified. Immediate workarounds and monitoring steps for indie hackers.

BREAKING: Cloudflare Elevated Errors — China Network

Status: Identified | Severity: MINOR | Impact: Partial Disruption

Last Updated: Now | Monitoring: Ongoing

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What's Down & Who's Affected

Cloudflare's China network is currently experiencing elevated error rates. This impacts:

Sites with China traffic routing through Cloudflare Asia-Pacific servers

Projects using Cloudflare Workers in the China region

API requests originating from or destined to China IPs

Dynamic routing that fails over to China datacenters

Not affected: Most US/EU traffic, non-China geo-routed content, sites using other CDN providers.

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Immediate Workarounds (Do This Now)

1. Disable China Geo-Routing

If your indie project serves China, temporarily adjust routing:

Go to Cloudflare Dashboard → Speed → Argo Smart Routing

Disable if active (may increase latency but improves reliability)

Set Cache Rules to serve stale content during this window

2. Use Alternative Origin

Point traffic to backup origin server outside Cloudflare temporarily

Update DNS TTL to 60 seconds for quick rollback

Route China traffic to secondary CDN if available

3. Implement Client-Side Retry Logic

```javascript const fetchWithRetry = async (url, retries = 3) => { for (let i = 0; i < retries; i++) { try { return await fetch(url, { timeout: 5000 }); } catch (e) { if (i === retries - 1) throw e; await new Promise(r => setTimeout(r, 1000 * (i + 1))); } } }; ```

4. Enable Cache Fallback

Set Browser Cache TTL to maximum (1 month)

Configure Cache Everything rule for non-critical endpoints

Serve stale content under error conditions

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How to Check If You're Affected

Quick diagnostics:

1. Check Cloudflare Status: https://www.cloudflarestatus.com/ 2. Run from China IP: Use VPN with China exit node, test your domain 3. Monitor error rates: ``` curl -w "@curl-format.txt" -o /dev/null -s https://yoursite.com ``` 4. Check Cloudflare Analytics: - Dashboard → Analytics → Traffic - Look for error spikes after ~[incident start time] - Filter by country: China

5. Ping latency test: - Use tools like Dotcom-Monitor or Pingdom - China-based probes will show elevated response times

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Alternative Tools to Consider

Bunny CDN — Competitive China network coverage

AWS CloudFront — Different infrastructure, wider geographic spread

Fastly — Independent network with China presence

Local China CDN: NetEase, Alibaba Cloud (CDN for China-only traffic)

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How to Monitor Recovery

Set up alerts now:

1. Cloudflare Status Subscriptions - https://www.cloudflarestatus.com/ → Subscribe to China updates

2. Monitor Your Metrics - Set up Grafana/DataDog alerts on error rate > 1% - Watch origin server load (should normalize when CF recovers)

3. Real-Time Testing - Use Cloudflare API to check endpoint health every 5 min: ```bash curl -X GET "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/health_checks" ```

4. Expected Recovery - Cloudflare typically resolves MINOR incidents within 1-4 hours - China network issues may take longer due to infrastructure complexity

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Bottom Line

This is manageable. Enable caching, implement retries, monitor dashboards. Most indie projects won't notice—only those with significant China traffic. Stay calm, stay informed.

Refresh Cloudflare status page hourly. Recovery expected within 2-4 hours.

Update this space as more info arrives.