A major internet outage on November 18, 2025, impacted global services as a glitch in one of the world’s largest cloud-network providers triggered widespread disruption. Websites and applications, including X, ChatGPT, Spotify, Uber, Canva, League of Legends, and many others, went offline, leaving millions across industries without access to their digital tools for several hours. The outage exposed the vulnerability of relying on single backbone networks for critical infrastructure. 500-series errors and network timeouts appeared to be at the heart of the issue. The provider is still investigating the root cause, but early reports suggest it involved an unexpected surge in traffic that overwhelmed internal systems. While some services resumed operation within hours, others continued to experience slowdowns, as caches were cleared, DNS records propagated, and systems began syncing globally. This event has underscored the need for redundancy in internet infrastructure, with experts suggesting businesses should explore multi-provider setups and robust offline contingencies to mitigate future disruptions.