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Code Orange: Fail Small is complete. The result is a stronger Cloudflare network
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Engineering· 4 min read

Code Orange: Fail Small is complete. The result is a stronger Cloudflare network

Cloudflare has completed 'Code Orange: Fail Small,' a major engineering initiative to prevent incidents like the November and December 2025 global outages. The project introduced progressive configuration rollouts with health monitoring, better failure modes that preserve service continuity, and improved incident management procedures to enhance network resilience for all customers.

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Utopia Tech·May 6, 2026
When DNSSEC goes wrong: how we responded to the .de TLD outageAI
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When DNSSEC goes wrong: how we responded to the .de TLD outage

On May 5, 2026, DENIC's incorrect DNSSEC signatures for the .de TLD caused widespread DNS resolution failures, potentially affecting millions of German domains. Cloudflare's 1.1.1.1 resolver mitigated the impact through 'serve stale' functionality (RFC 8767) and Negative Trust Anchors (RFC 7646), continuing to serve cached records and temporarily disabling DNSSEC validation for .de domains until D

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Edge Compute is the New Branch Office
Engineering

Edge Compute is the New Branch Office

What happens when every retail store, oil rig, and hospital becomes its own micro-cloud.

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