BitMEX incident

Cloudflare bypass connection issues

BitMEX is currently experiencing a major incident affecting WebSocket API and REST API, which began 1h ago. The vendor's full update timeline is below.

Started
May 14, 2026, 09:34 AM UTC
Resolved
Ongoing
Duration
● 1h 20m
Detected by Pingoru
May 14, 2026, 09:34 AM UTC

Affected components

WebSocket APIREST API

Update timeline

  1. investigating May 14, 2026, 09:28 AM UTC

    Status: Investigating We are currently experiencing issues with connections via Cloudflare Bypass. We are investigating and will update when the cause of the issue has been identified. Standard connections are unaffected. Affected components Cloudflare (Tokyo, Japan) (Degraded performance) REST API (Degraded performance) WebSocket API (Degraded performance)

  2. monitoring May 14, 2026, 09:34 AM UTC

    Status: Monitoring We have identified the issue with Cloudflare Bypass connections and have addressed the issue. We will continue to monitor these connections. Affected components Cloudflare (Tokyo, Japan) (Degraded performance) REST API (Degraded performance) WebSocket API (Degraded performance)