Cloudflare incident on March 21, 2025
Mar 25, 2025Phillip Jones
Summary
This post details a significant incident impacting R2 object storage and several dependent services (Cache Reserve, Images, Log Delivery, Stream, Vectorize) due to a credential rotation error. It highlights the critical need for robust visibility into authentication mechanisms and proper environment management in production systems, directly impacting the reliability and availability of data infrastructure and analytics services.
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