By skyforbes 
Yesterday, a database bug at Cloudflare crashed ChatGPT, X, Spotify, and 20% of the internet — exposing how dangerously fragile our digital infrastructure has become.
It Started at 6:40 AM Eastern Time
I woke up at 7:15 AM on November 18, 2025, grabbed my coffee, and opened my laptop to start my workday.
ChatGPT wouldn’t load. Just a blank error page.
“Weird,” I thought. “Must be an OpenAI issue.”
Then I tried X (formerly Twitter). Internal server error.
Spotify? Down.
Discord? Offline.
Even DownDetector — the website people use to check if other websites are down — was completely inaccessible.
I refreshed. Cleared my cache. Restarted my browser. Nothing worked.
That’s when I realized: this wasn’t just me. This was everyone.
By 7:30 AM, approximately 20% of the internet had gone dark. ChatGPT, X, Spotify, Coinbase, Canva, League of Legends, Valorant, even government services — all…