Cloudflare, a company that provides a wide range of services for apps and websites, said it was experiencing issues early on Monday, February 18, 2026.

Social media users reported issues with Elon Musk’s X  platform, which was previously known as Twitter.

The New York Times reported that the issue was resolved during the day, adding: “Users reported problems with the service on DownDetector, an online outage tracker, as well as with X, formerly Twitter, and Amazon Web Services. It was unclear whether the X and Amazon problems were related to Cloudflare’s outage.”

“Cloudflare provides tools to help websites fight off cyberattacks and load content efficiently. Its software can block malicious attacks and help route internet traffic so that users are delivered content from servers located closest to them. Many smaller sites use Cloudflare’s free service, while bigger sites like X pay for more comprehensive service.

“In November, Cloudflare experienced an outage after a crash in one of its software systems caused widespread disruptions.

“Cloudflare is one of multiple companies that play an outsize role in making the global internet work. In October, Amazon Web Services experienced problems with its service, disrupting a wide range of online services for hours. Days later, Azure, Microsoft’s cloud service system, also experienced an outage.”

In the summer of 2024, an outage at the cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike caused a global IT meltdown that hit airlines, hospitals and other services.

Cloudflare is one of the biggest networks operating on the Internet. People use Cloudflare services for the purposes of increasing the security and performance of their web sites and services.

The company says: “Millions of Internet properties are on Cloudflare, and our network is growing by tens of thousands each day. Cloudflare powers Internet requests for millions of websites and serves 93 million HTTP requests per second on average.”