SSL Errors for Newly Enabled R2 Users

lowCloudflareFeb 17, 2026 20:00Duration: 18h 50m

securitycertificate

Security IncidentCertificate Issue

Summary

This incident has been resolved.

Impact

minor

Timeline

Feb 18, 2026 04:43

[investigating] We are aware of an issue where newly enabled R2 accounts encounter SSL errors when making requests via the S3-compatible API.

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+38m

Feb 18, 2026 05:20

[identified] The issue has been identified and a fix is being implemented.

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+9h 29m

Feb 18, 2026 14:49

[resolved] This incident has been resolved.

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Lessons Learned

⚠Cloudflare has experienced 252 incidents in the past year. This frequency suggests systemic reliability challenges that may warrant additional monitoring.

📊Incidents related to security, certificate have occurred 20 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: Security Incident, Certificate Issue. Consider implementing preventive measures specific to this failure category.