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Cloudflare problems in Europe or it's just me?




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kgw



Joined: 22 Jul 2004
Posts: 1552
Location: Spain, EU
PostPosted: Mon Jul 21, 2025 6:55 am Reply with quote
Hello, since a few days, more often than not, I am having Gateway errors, when trying to access to ANN from Europe.
I just when I use a VPN and change my location to not-Europe when I access without problem.
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Anime News Network uses the Cloudflare proxy/cdn network to speed up and protect our site from attacks and spambots. So when you access ANN, the connection goes through Cloudflare. This page is displayed by Cloudflare and could mean that:
a) The ANN server you are trying to connect to is offline or overloaded (most likely)
b) There is a network problem between Cloudflare and ANN
c) There is a problem with the Cloudflare node you are going through

Details:
spoiler[Cloudflare message:
Gateway time-out
The web server reported a gateway time-out error.

Ray ID: 962a770e0fbc215a
Your IP address: 213.37.44.244
Error reference number: 504
Cloudflare Location: Madrid]
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Akira625



Joined: 30 Sep 2005
Posts: 4
PostPosted: Tue Jul 22, 2025 10:45 am Reply with quote
kgw wrote:
Hello, since a few days, more often than not, I am having Gateway errors, when trying to access to ANN from Europe.
I just when I use a VPN and change my location to not-Europe when I access without problem.
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Quote:
Anime News Network uses the Cloudflare proxy/cdn network to speed up and protect our site from attacks and spambots. So when you access ANN, the connection goes through Cloudflare. This page is displayed by Cloudflare and could mean that:
a) The ANN server you are trying to connect to is offline or overloaded (most likely)
b) There is a network problem between Cloudflare and ANN
c) There is a problem with the Cloudflare node you are going through

Details:
spoiler[Cloudflare message:
Gateway time-out
The web server reported a gateway time-out error.

Ray ID: 962a770e0fbc215a
Your IP address: 213.37.44.244
Error reference number: 504
Cloudflare Location: Madrid]


Rest assured, it's not just Europe. It's happening in my country too, and no doubt everyone else across the world. Seems to be a problem with ANN's provider Cloudflare. It's been frustrating trying to access ANN over the last few days.
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Top Gun



Joined: 28 Sep 2007
Posts: 5307
PostPosted: Wed Jul 23, 2025 4:08 pm Reply with quote
Yeah, I'm getting it bad in the US today. It took me several tries to get one post to go through.
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malvarez1



Joined: 17 Nov 2008
Posts: 3039
PostPosted: Thu Jul 24, 2025 8:23 am Reply with quote
Yup, it’s been really annoying having to constantly refresh to get through.
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Blood-
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Joined: 07 Mar 2009
Posts: 25616
PostPosted: Sun Jul 27, 2025 4:32 am Reply with quote
Sorry if people are already aware of what I'm about to say but, very often when I have trouble accessing ANN, I clear my browser of ANN cookies and that solves the problem. I generally have to do this every couple of weeks.
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rafaelakutch



Joined: 20 May 2025
Posts: 2
PostPosted: Thu Sep 18, 2025 1:14 am Reply with quote
Blood- wrote:
Sorry if people are already aware of what I'm about to say but, very often when I have trouble accessing ANN, I clear my browser of ANN cookies and that solves the problemSprunki Game. I generally have to do this every couple of weeks.



Clearing your browser cookies for ANN is a good solution to resolve access issues. It helps refresh your session and eliminates any corrupted or outdated cookies that might be causing problems. If you find yourself doing this every couple of weeks, it might be helpful to check if there are any specific browser extensions or settings interfering with your cookies.
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Blood-
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Joined: 07 Mar 2009
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PostPosted: Fri Sep 19, 2025 8:50 am Reply with quote
Thanks for the tip, rafaelakutch, but I suspect this is very much an ANN site specific issue. It is the only site I deal with where I need to go through this cookie clearing exercise.
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