Someoneasks if it'sthe LavaLampsEngineerfixed it usinga singleBGP updateAn importantcrypto/NFTsite isunreachableA majornews siteis downCustomertweets ascreenshot oftheir emptydashboardX (Twitter)is stillworking522:ConnectionTimed OutAn entireregion/countryis "partiallyimpacted"The problemis traced toa singledata centerOutagecaused by"routineconfigurationchange"Status pagesays"Investigating"for over anhour521: Webserver isdownError 500:InternalServerErrorThe statuspageloads...slowlyIncident isinitiallyblamed on aDDoS attackRay IDmentionedin an errormessageDowndetectoris also down"CloudflareCaptchaLoop"CEOMatthewPrinceapology blogpostWidespread5XX errorsarereportedServicerestoredin ~3hoursSomeoneposts the "Firstday on the job"engineermemeMisconfiguredDNS FieldReddit techsubredditserupt inchaosSomeoneasks if it'sthe LavaLampsEngineerfixed it usinga singleBGP updateAn importantcrypto/NFTsite isunreachableA majornews siteis downCustomertweets ascreenshot oftheir emptydashboardX (Twitter)is stillworking522:ConnectionTimed OutAn entireregion/countryis "partiallyimpacted"The problemis traced toa singledata centerOutagecaused by"routineconfigurationchange"Status pagesays"Investigating"for over anhour521: Webserver isdownError 500:InternalServerErrorThe statuspageloads...slowlyIncident isinitiallyblamed on aDDoS attackRay IDmentionedin an errormessageDowndetectoris also down"CloudflareCaptchaLoop"CEOMatthewPrinceapology blogpostWidespread5XX errorsarereportedServicerestoredin ~3hoursSomeoneposts the "Firstday on the job"engineermemeMisconfiguredDNS FieldReddit techsubredditserupt inchaos

Cloudflare Outage bingo card - Call List

(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.


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  1. Someone asks if it's the Lava Lamps
  2. Engineer fixed it using a single BGP update
  3. An important crypto/NFT site is unreachable
  4. A major news site is down
  5. Customer tweets a screenshot of their empty dashboard
  6. X (Twitter) is still working
  7. 522: Connection Timed Out
  8. An entire region/country is "partially impacted"
  9. The problem is traced to a single data center
  10. Outage caused by "routine configuration change"
  11. Status page says "Investigating" for over an hour
  12. 521: Web server is down
  13. Error 500: Internal Server Error
  14. The status page loads... slowly
  15. Incident is initially blamed on a DDoS attack
  16. Ray ID mentioned in an error message
  17. Downdetector is also down
  18. "Cloudflare Captcha Loop"
  19. CEO Matthew Prince apology blog post
  20. Widespread 5XX errors are reported
  21. Service restored in ~3 hours
  22. Someone posts the "First day on the job" engineer meme
  23. Misconfigured DNS Field
  24. Reddit tech subreddits erupt in chaos