What is Cloudflare Recursive DNS?

Cloudflare Recursive DNS is a critical component of Cloudflare's infrastructure. This component plays an essential role in the overall service delivery and user experience. We monitor Cloudflare Recursive DNS continuously to track its availability, performance, and health metrics.

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Cloudflare Recursive DNS Status

Q: Is Cloudflare Recursive DNS down right now?

No, Cloudflare Recursive DNS is operational. This component is functioning normally with no reported issues.

Operational

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checked Sep 17, 2026 12:54 PM UTC · Cloudflare Recursive DNS's official status page

Is Cloudflare Recursive DNS Down Right Now?

No. Cloudflare Recursive DNS is up and running.

Cloudflare Recursive DNS is currently operational with all systems functioning normally.

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Service health

The record

90 day period · not affected by the range above

Availability

100.00%

This component only

Incidents

Recorded for Recursive DNS

Longest incident

15h 36m

Single worst stretch

Availability counts operational or degraded time as available for this component alone. Partial outages count as half downtime and major outages count in full, scheduled maintenance is excluded from the calculation, and periods with no recorded status are counted as available rather than assumed down. Figures cover this component only — the service-wide record is on the Recursive DNS service page.

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