On Thursday, several major online platforms such as Spotify, Discord, and Google experienced significant outages due to issues with Google Cloud, a critical provider for many services. Cloudflare confirmed that the disruptions stemmed from a Google Cloud outage, although its core operations were not affected. Reports indicated that approximately 46,000 Spotify users, 11,000 on Discord, and 14,000 Google Cloud users faced issues, along with impacts on other platforms. Cloudflare noted restoring services, and Google was investigating the extent of the disruptions, which highlighted the importance of cloud services in online infrastructure.
Multiple popular online services including Spotify, Discord, Google, and AWS experienced outages, attributed to disruptions within Google Cloud affecting a limited number of Cloudflare services.
Cloudflare reported a Google Cloud outage was behind the connectivity issues, specifying that while some services were impacted, its core functionalities remained operational.
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