Ask HN: What is a user's recourse when Cloudflare is down?

  • Ping or mtr 104.17.92.24. Any loss? Route seems to be correct? I.e. doesn't look like it's being proxied with your ISP etc.

    Does a regular HTTP request work? curl -v http://cloudflare.com If that replies wanting to redirect you to the HTTPS site I'd guess you are looking at either a problem with libressl or certs on your system.

    You might also be coming from an IP or network that Cloudflare has simply blocked.

  • It might be a local routing problem that will soon be resolved, but if this has been going on for a long time then perhaps nobody has noticed.

    You could write to the owners of this website and ask if they'd be willing to let you access their origin URL directly. I think many would refuse but it might be worth trying your luck.

    Aside from that I'm not really sure what you could do. Perhaps mention what country/city you're in and your ISP and see if local HN users can replicate your results.