Firetext incident

URL shortener and opt-out page degradation

Minor Resolved View vendor source →

Firetext experienced a minor incident on November 18, 2025 affecting URL Shortener, lasting 5h 20m. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.

Started
Nov 18, 2025, 12:11 PM UTC
Resolved
Nov 18, 2025, 05:31 PM UTC
Duration
5h 20m
Detected by Pingoru
Nov 18, 2025, 12:11 PM UTC

Affected components

URL Shortener

Update timeline

  1. investigating Nov 18, 2025, 12:11 PM UTC

    We are aware of an on-going issue with Cloudflare, our DNS resolution and captcha provider from 11:30 (GMT). Some users may experience issues when using the URL shortener and opt-out landing pages.

  2. monitoring Nov 18, 2025, 04:23 PM UTC

    Cloudflare have fixed the issue and we're continuing to monitor. The URL shortener and optout pages should now be functioning correctly.

  3. resolved Nov 18, 2025, 05:31 PM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.