Kentik - Network Observability
Kentik Network Analysis Center

Fastly Outage Knocks Major Websites Offline

June 8, 2021
On 8 June 2021, content delivery network Fastly suffered a global outage which took down numerous major websites including CNN , the New York Times , and Reddit .

According to Kentik data, we observed this global outage beginning at 9:49 UTC (5:49am ET). At 9:58 UTC, Fastly posted on their status page, “Investigating - We’re currently investigating potential impact to performance with our CDN services.”

We observed a 75% drop in traffic volume coming from Fastly before traffic began returning at 10:39 UTC.


Doug Madory

Doug Madory is the director of internet analysis for Kentik where he works on internet infrastructure analysis. The Washington Post dubbed him “The Man who can see the Internet” for his reputation in identifying significant developments in the global layout of the internet. Doug is regularly quoted by major news outlets about developments ranging from national blackouts to BGP hijacks to the activation of submarine cables. Prior to Kentik, he was the lead analyst for Oracle’s internet intelligence team (formerly Dyn Research and Renesys).

Twitter: @DougMadory

These might interest you:

As seen in

June 8, 2021

Global Glitch: Swaths of Internet Go Down After Cloud Outage

June 8, 2021

Internet Outage Hits Major Websites

June 8, 2021

Major Websites Experience Outages, Including the New York Times, CNN and Amazon Web Services

About the data

How do we get this data? Kentik uses thousands of service provider networks and cloud agents, located around the world, to collect information about network events, outages, and disruptions.

Market leaders like Booking.com, Box, and Zoom turn to the Kentik Network Observability Platform to plan, run, and fix any network. We show network pros what they need to know about their network performance, health, and security to make their services, apps, and products shine.

Discover the power of the Kentik Network Observability Platform for yourself—get a demo with a product expert.

We use cookies to deliver our services.
By using our website, you agree to the use of cookies as described in our Privacy Policy.