Internet Outage Map Screensaver
The Internet Outage Map screensaver flags world regions with real, currently elevated internet traffic anomalies — a proxy for outages and disruptions — refreshed by a background pipeline from Cloudflare's Radar API, using your free token. It's free, runs in your browser, and ESC exits.
How the Internet Outage Map screensaver works
A background pipeline reads real regional internet traffic anomaly signals from Cloudflare's Radar API, using your free token.
Regions with a real, currently flagged anomaly glow on the world map.
A side list names the affected regions and roughly when the anomaly began.
Readings refresh on the pipeline's schedule, not live tick by tick.
A worked example
During a real regional disruption you'd see that country glow amber on the map, with its name and a rough start time listed at the side — a genuine signal, not a scripted event.
Settings & tips
- Accent recolours the anomaly glow.
- Run
automation/run.py outagewatchon your pipeline machine to refresh the data. - A free Cloudflare Radar API token is required — see the site's setup notes.
Frequently asked questions
- Is the data real?
- Yes. It comes from Cloudflare's Radar API, which surfaces real, observed internet traffic anomalies by region.
- Why does it need a pipeline?
- Cloudflare Radar's fuller API requires a free token, which stays on your pipeline machine and never reaches the browser.
- How do I get a token?
- Register for free at the Cloudflare dashboard — no cost, approval is usually immediate.
- Is it free?
- Yes — free to use; only the pipeline's Cloudflare token requires a free signup.