Indeed! It took me a few seconds to realise that it was 1.1.1.1 that's the problem. When I could connect to my favourite websites from my mobile phone (with default DNS settings) but not from my laptop (with 1.1.1.1 as the DNS), 1.1.1.1 became the obvious suspect.

  $ ping -qc4 1.1.1.1
  PING 1.1.1.1 (1.1.1.1): 56 data bytes

  --- 1.1.1.1 ping statistics ---
  4 packets transmitted, 0 packets received, 100.0% packet loss

But the Internet connectivity was fine, in general.

  $ ping -qc4 8.8.8.8
  PING 8.8.8.8 (8.8.8.8): 56 data bytes

  --- 8.8.8.8 ping statistics ---
  4 packets transmitted, 4 packets received, 0.0% packet loss
  round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 14.075/16.401/18.641/1.895 ms

The very next thing I did was to come here on HN /newest list to find out if the community is talking about it and here we are!

UPDATE: Appears to be resolved now!

  $ ping -c4 1.1.1.1 
  PING 1.1.1.1 (1.1.1.1): 56 data bytes
  64 bytes from 1.1.1.1: icmp_seq=0 ttl=57 time=17.714 ms
  64 bytes from 1.1.1.1: icmp_seq=1 ttl=57 time=19.176 ms
  64 bytes from 1.1.1.1: icmp_seq=2 ttl=57 time=12.712 ms
  64 bytes from 1.1.1.1: icmp_seq=3 ttl=57 time=15.703 ms
  
  --- 1.1.1.1 ping statistics ---
  4 packets transmitted, 4 packets received, 0.0% packet loss
  round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 12.712/16.326/19.176/2.424 ms

Maaaaybe not https://www.cloudflarestatus.com/incidents/28r0vbbxsh8f

Shows resolved as of Jul 14, 2025 - 23:20 UTC

Seems intermittent or location dependent. I can't ping 1.1.1.1, but 1.0.0.1 works.

It is entirely location-dependent because of how Anycast works as implemented in (E)BGP. There is no single "1.1.1.1", but many hosts that share the same vIP in many physical locations.

Looks like this other post hit the frontpage: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44565836

No updates on https://www.cloudflarestatus.com/

They updated it now

What's that haiku again?

the internet's down! it is always DNS let us go touch grass