# Cloudflare: Increased errors for R2 and Tiered Cache

> Cloudflare reported increased errors for R2 and Tiered Cache in Chicago (ORD) and Newark (EWR), with lower error rates in other locations. Cloudflare reported the incident as resolved after 75 minutes, from 05:30 UTC to 06:45 UTC.

- Provider: [Cloudflare](https://outages.live/cloudflare.md)
- Type: Incident
- State: Resolved
- Worst impact: Degraded performance
- Started: 2026-11-14 05:30 UTC
- Resolved: 2026-11-14 06:45 UTC (lasted 1 h 15 min)
- Components: Chicago, United States - (ORD), R2, Newark, United States - (EWR), North America - Newark, United States - (EWR)
- Official update: https://www.cloudflarestatus.com/incidents/a643zcsfc71q

## Updates from Cloudflare

### resolved, 2026-11-14 06:45 UTC

This incident has been resolved.

### monitoring, 2026-11-14 05:45 UTC

Starting at 05:00 UTC, a network connectivity issue between several Cloudflare data centers caused a small percentage of requests to fail. R2 customers may have seen HTTP 500 errors, and requests for content served through Tiered Cache may have returned 520, 522 or 524 errors. Customers in Chicago and Newark saw the highest error rates, and other locations were affected at lower rates. Error rates have dropped close to normal levels since 05:30 UTC. We are continuing to monitor while the underlying network issue is resolved.

### investigating, 2026-11-14 05:33 UTC

Cloudflare is aware of, and investigating an issue with R2. Customers in Chicago, IL, may see 503 errors when using R2. We are currently investigating this issue.