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FM-022
The Bot File That Crashed Cloudflare's ProxyA ClickHouse permissions change duplicated Bot Management feature rows, producing an oversized file that crashed Cloudflare proxy traffic paths.
Cloudflare
2025-11-18
5h 38m
SEV-1
configwafbot-management
FM-023
Service Control quota update rejects APIsA quota policy update with blank fields crashed Google Service Control globally, causing 503s across Google Cloud, Workspace, and Security Operations APIs.
Google Cloud
2025-06-12
3h
SEV-1
configquotaspanner