# Intermittent authentication errors for API and R2

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- Publisher: Cloudflare Status
- Category: Cloud
- Original publication time: 2026-09-23T20:59:35Z
- First observed by NexusTechWire: 2026-10-01T20:28:48Z
- Original source: https://www.cloudflarestatus.com/incidents/jg6ys8sbd6ny
- NexusTechWire record: https://nexustechwire.com/news/news-ab0f2bda6c0ebb14b226

## The brief

A small proportion of requests to Cloudflare's API and R2 encountered authentication errors in an incident identified on September 22. The company said it reduced the main impact by 19:00 UTC that day while continuing to address remaining effects. A further fix entered monitoring on September 23, and Cloudflare marked the incident resolved at 20:59 UTC that evening.

AI-assisted NexusTechWire summary, checked against the linked source on 2026-10-02T01:58:56Z. Not independent reporting.

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