# Cloudflare vs iNat Website down

**URL:** <https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/cloudflare-vs-inat-website-down/85022>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [September 6, 2026, 10:57am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/cloudflare-vs-inat-website-down/85022 "2026-09-06T10:57:14Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![DianaStuder](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/dianastuder/32/43358_2.png) [@DianaStuder](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/DianaStuder)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2026, 10:57am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/cloudflare-vs-inat-website-down/85022/1 "2026-09-06T10:57:14Z")

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# SSL handshake failed Error code 525

Visit [cloudflare.com](https://www.cloudflare.com/5xx-error-landing?utm_source=errorcode_525&utm_campaign=www.inaturalist.org) for more information.

2026-09-06 10:54:30 UTC

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**Author:** ![DianaStuder](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/dianastuder/32/43358_2.png) [@DianaStuder](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/DianaStuder)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2026, 10:57am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/cloudflare-vs-inat-website-down/85022/2 "2026-09-06T10:57:58Z")

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Can be closed. All better now

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**Author:** ![jeanelz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/jeanelz/32/68062_2.png) [@jeanelz](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/jeanelz)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2026, 11:01am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/cloudflare-vs-inat-website-down/85022/3 "2026-09-06T11:01:54Z")

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Lucky for me I was not busy adding the batch of 104 at the time. Oddly, CV suggestions still came through… Seems to be all good now

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**Author:** ![astra\_the\_dragon](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/astra_the_dragon/32/37251_2.png) [@astra\_the\_dragon](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/astra_the_dragon)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2026, 11:05am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/cloudflare-vs-inat-website-down/85022/4 "2026-09-06T11:05:31Z")

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