### Cloudflare’s 1.1.1.1 DNS Problems Lead to Internet Sluggishness
If you’ve faced internet sluggishness or challenges accessing websites lately, you’re certainly not the only one. Cloudflare has acknowledged a major issue impacting its widely utilized 1.1.1.1 public DNS resolver, which numerous users rely on for quick and secure internet browsing.
#### What’s Happening?
Cloudflare initially recognized the issue at 22:13 UTC and started to implement a solution soon after. The problem particularly affects users depending on the 1.1.1.1 DNS service, while their Gateway and Authoritative DNS services remain unaffected.
In the aftermath of this disruption, many users have turned to DownDetector to highlight outages across several websites and services, often unaware that the underlying cause resides within Cloudflare’s infrastructure. Reports of outages have escalated in the last half hour, impacting a variety of websites and services. Nonetheless, users not utilizing Cloudflare’s 1.1.1.1 DNS should find these sites completely accessible.
Until the situation is entirely rectified, users of Cloudflare’s 1.1.1.1 DNS may face complications such as sites failing to load or taking longer to do so. Cloudflare is consistently updating its status page, and a restoration of services is anticipated shortly.
The situation is being closely observed, and updates will be shared as more details arise or once the issue is completely resolved.
