Newly entitled R2 accounts are seeing delays when trying to access the S3-compatible API

lowCloudflareJul 21, 2026 17:31

storageapiauthenticationcapacitysecuritycertificate

Capacity IssueSecurity IncidentCertificate IssueAuthentication IssueStorage FailureAPI Issue

Summary

A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the results.

Impact

minor

Timeline

Jul 21, 2026 17:31

[identified] We have identified an issue with issuance of advanced certificates for new R2 users, customers may see a delay while we process a backlog.

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+2h 49m

Jul 21, 2026 20:20

[monitoring] A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the results.

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Lessons Learned

⚠Cloudflare has experienced 258 incidents in the past year. This frequency suggests systemic reliability challenges that may warrant additional monitoring.

📊Incidents related to storage, api, authentication, capacity, security, certificate have occurred 888 times across all providers in the past year. This is one of the most common failure categories in cloud infrastructure.

💡This incident is categorized as: Capacity Issue, Security Incident, Certificate Issue, Authentication Issue, Storage Failure, API Issue. Consider implementing preventive measures specific to this failure category.