Cache Purging and Cache Rule Update Issues
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Cache Purging and Cache Rule Update Issues Cloudflare operates global DNS, CDN, WAF, and edge network services. Outages here often affect many sites and APIs that sit behind their network.
resolved · 13 May 2026, 15:26 UTC
This incident has been resolved.
investigating · 13 May 2026, 15:24 UTC
Cloudflare has identified an issue affecting cache purge requests for Cache Reserve customers and updates to cache-related zone settings. Affected customers may see failures or timeouts when attempting to purge cached content or change cache rules via the Dashboard or API. Other Cloudflare services and cached content delivery are not affected. A fix has been identified and will be deployed shortly.
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