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| 2011 || Cloudflare reaches 100 billion page views.<ref name="Cloudflare S-1 Analysis — Do they have an edge?"/>

| 2015 || Cloudflare launches DNS, Web Security, and Web Performance.<ref name="Cloudflare S-1 Analysis — Do they have an edge?"/>

| 2009 || July || || Cloudflare is founded by Matthew Prince, Lee Holloway, and Michelle Zatlyn.<ref name="thewhir1"/><ref name="Cloudflare1">{{cite web|url=https://www.cloudflare.com/our-story/|title=Our Story|author=|first=|date=|website=|publisher=Cloudflare|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|accessdate=August 22, 2019}}</ref><ref name="projecthoneypot">{{cite web|url=http://www.projecthoneypot.org/Cloudflare_beta.html|title=Cloudflare Beta|author=|first=|date=|website=|publisher=Project Honey Pot|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171204114508/http://www.projecthoneypot.org/Cloudflare_beta.html|archive-date=December 4, 2017|dead-url=yes|accessdate=August 22, 2019}}</ref>

| 2011 || June || || "It received media attention in June 2011 for providing security services to the website of {{w|LulzSec}}, a [[w:Black hat (computer security)|black hat hacking]] group."<ref name="thewhir1">{{cite web|url=http://www.thewhir.com/web-hosting-news/Cloudflare-gets-an-unusual-endorsement-from-hacker-group-lulzsec|title=Cloudflare Gets an Unusual Endorsement from Hacker Group LulzSec|last=Henderson|first=Nicole|date=June 17, 2011|work=Webhost Industry Review|publisher=|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170909050644/http://www.thewhir.com/web-hosting-news/Cloudflare-gets-an-unusual-endorsement-from-hacker-group-lulzsec|archive-date=September 9, 2017|dead-url=yes|accessdate=August 21, 2019}}</ref><ref name="allthingsd1">{{cite web |url=http://allthingsd.com/20110610/web-security-start-up-Cloudflare-gets-buzz-courtesy-of-lulzsec-hackers/ |title=Web Security Start-Up Cloudflare Gets Buzz, Courtesy of LulzSec Hackers |first=Arik |last=Hesseldahl |date=2011-06-10 |work={{w|All Things Digital}} |publisher= |accessdate=2011-08-15}}</ref>

| 2011 || July || || Cloudflare raises $20 million in a Series B round from {{w|New Enterprise Associates}}, Pelion Venture Partners, Venrock.<ref name="ReferenceA"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://allthingsd.com/20110712/web-security-startup-Cloudflare-lands-20-million-funding-round/|title=Web Security Start-Up Cloudflare Lands $20 Million Funding Round|last=Hesseldahl|first=Arik|date=July 12, 2011|website=|publisher={{w|AllThingsD}}|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|accessdate=August 22, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://go.bloomberg.com/tech-deals/2012-12-18-why-a-fast-growing-startup-tries-to-keep-its-venture-funding-secret/|title=Why a Fast-Growing Startup Tries to Keep Its Venture Funding Secret|last1=Milian|first1=Mark|date=December 18, 2012|work=Bloomblerg Technology|publisher={{w|Bloomberg News}}|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|accessdate=August 22, 2019}}</ref>

| 2011 || || || "In 2011, Cloudflare provided DoS protection for the hacker group LulzSec. This garnered significant positive media attention at the time, as Cloudflare was a young and relatively unknown company."<ref name="thewhir1">{{cite web|url=http://www.thewhir.com/web-hosting-news/Cloudflare-gets-an-unusual-endorsement-from-hacker-group-lulzsec|title=Cloudflare Gets an Unusual Endorsement from Hacker Group LulzSec|last=Henderson|first=Nicole|date=June 17, 2011|work=Webhost Industry Review|publisher=|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170909050644/http://www.thewhir.com/web-hosting-news/Cloudflare-gets-an-unusual-endorsement-from-hacker-group-lulzsec|archive-date=September 9, 2017|dead-url=yes|accessdate=August 21, 2019}}</ref><ref name="allthingsd1">{{cite web |url=http://allthingsd.com/20110610/web-security-start-up-Cloudflare-gets-buzz-courtesy-of-lulzsec-hackers/ |title=Web Security Start-Up Cloudflare Gets Buzz, Courtesy of LulzSec Hackers |first=Arik |last=Hesseldahl |date=2011-06-10 |work=[[All Things Digital]] |publisher= |accessdate=2011-08-15}}</ref>  

| 2011 || || || "Named the "Most Innovative Network & Internet Technology Company" by the ''Wall Street Journal'' in 2011 and 2012."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052970203633104576623261551755704|title=And the Rest of the Winners Are...|last=Wang|first=Shirley S.|date=October 17, 2011|work={{w|The Wall Street Journal}}|access-date=August 22, 2019|last2=Totty|first2=Michael|language=en-US|issn=0099-9660}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://blog.cloudflare.com/wsj-cloudflare-named-most-innovative-internet/|title=WSJ: CloudFlare Named Most Innovative Internet & Networking Company, Second Year in a Row|last=|first=|date=October 15, 2012|website=The Cloudflare Blog|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=August 22, 2019}}</ref>

| 2012 || June || || !In June 2012, Cloudflare partnered with various web hosts, including {{w|HostPapa}}, to implement its "Railgun" technology: a web protocol intended to improve performance.!<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/03/01/cloudflare_railgun_cuts_site_loading_times/|title=Cloudflare's Railgun protocol gets buy-in from web giants|last1=Clark|first1=Jack|date=March 1, 2013|work=|accessdate=October 8, 2015|publisher={{w|The Register}}|ref=}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://techcrunch.com/2013/02/26/cloudflare-partners-with-majority-of-worlds-leading-web-hosts-to-implement-its-railgun-protocol-speeds-up-load-times-by-143/|title=Cloudflare Partners With World's Leading Web Hosts To Implement Its Railgun Protocol, Speeds Up Load Times By Up To 143%|last1=Lardinois|first1=Frederic|date=February 26, 2013|work=|accessdate=February 12, 2016|publisher={{w|TechCrunch}}|ref=}}</ref>

| 2012 || December || || "In December 2012, Cloudflare raised $50 million in a Series C round from New Enterprise Associates, Pelion Venture Partners, Venrock, {{w|Union Square Ventures}}, and {{w|Greenspring Associates}}."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://techcrunch.com/2013/12/17/Cloudflare-reveals-50m-round-from-union-square-ventures/|title=Cloudflare Reveals $50M Round From Union Square Ventures|last=Crook|first=Jordan|date=December 17, 2013|work={{w|TechCrunch}}|publisher=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=August 22, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://blogs.wsj.com/cio/2013/12/17/Cloudflare-raised-50m-ready-to-spend-2/|title=Cloudflare Raised $50M, Ready to Spend|last=Hickins|first=Michael|date=December 17, 2013|work={{w|The Wall Street Journal}}|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=August 22, 2019}}</ref>

| 2012 || || || ""Named the "Most Innovative Network & Internet Technology Company" by the ''Wall Street Journal'' in 2011 and 2012."

| 2012 || || || "Recognized by the [[World Economic Forum]] as a Technology Pioneer in 2012."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.weforum.org/videos/technology-pioneer-2012-matthew-prince-michelle-zatlyn-lee-holloway-Cloudflare|title=Technology Pioneer 2012 - Matthew Prince, Michelle Zatlyn & Lee Holloway (Cloudflare)|last=|first=|date=|work=[[World Economic Forum]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402122044/https://www.weforum.org/videos/technology-pioneer-2012-matthew-prince-michelle-zatlyn-lee-holloway-Cloudflare|archive-date=April 2, 2015|dead-url=|accessdate=March 10, 2015}}</ref>

| 2012 || || || "Ranked among the world's 10 most innovative companies by ''[[w:Fast Company (magazine)|Fast Company]]'' in 2012."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fastcompany.com/3017380/most-innovative-companies-2012/most-innovative-companies-2012-industries-top-10-web-internet|title=Most Innovative Companies 2012 - Industries Top 10 - Web/Internet|last=|first=|date=February 10, 2012|work=[[Fast Company]]|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|accessdate=March 10, 2015}}</ref>

| 2013 || March || || "In March 2013, Cloudflare defended {{w|The Spamhaus Project}} from a DDoS attack that exceeded 300&nbsp;Gbit/s. [[w:Akamai Technologies|Akamai's]] chief architect stated that at the time it was "the largest publicly announced DDoS attack in the history of the Internet"."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.computerworld.com/article/2474809/cybercrime-hacking/biggest-ddos-attack-in-history-slows-internet--breaks-record-at-300-gbps.html|title=Biggest DDoS attack in history slows Internet, breaks record at 300 Gbps|last1=Storm|first1=Darlene|date=March 27, 2013|work=[[Computerworld]]|access-date=August 22, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/27/technology/internet/online-dispute-becomes-internet-snarling-attack.html|title=Online Dispute Becomes Internet-Snarling Attack|last1=Markoff|first1=John|date=March 26, 2013|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=August 22, 2019|last2=Perlroth|first2=Nicole}}</ref>

| 2014 || February || || "In February 2014, Cloudflare mitigated what was at the time the largest ever recorded DDoS attack, which peaked at 400 [[w:Gigabit|Gigabits]] per second against an undisclosed customer."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.darkreading.com/attacks-and-breaches/ddos-attack-hits-400-gbit-s-breaks-record/d/d-id/1113787|title=DDoS Attack Hits 400 Gbit/s, Breaks Record|last=Schwartz|first=Mathew J.|date=February 11, 2014|work=Dark Reading|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=August 22, 2019}}</ref>

| 2014 || February || Acquisition || "In February 2014, Cloudflare acquired StopTheHacker, which offers [[malware]] detection, automatic malware removal, and reputation and blacklist monitoring."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://techcrunch.com/2014/02/24/Cloudflare-acquires-anti-malware-firm-stopthehacker/|title=Cloudflare Acquires Anti-Malware Firm StopTheHacker|last=Lardinois|first=Frederic|date=February 24, 2014|work={{w|TechCrunch}}|publisher=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=August 22, 2019}}</ref>

| 2014 || February || || "In February 2014, Cloudflare mitigated what was at the time the largest ever recorded DDoS attack, which peaked at 400 [[Gigabit|Gigabits]] per second against an undisclosed customer."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.darkreading.com/attacks-and-breaches/ddos-attack-hits-400-gbit-s-breaks-record/d/d-id/1113787|title=DDoS Attack Hits 400 Gbit/s, Breaks Record|last=Schwartz|first=Mathew J.|date=February 11, 2014|work=Dark Reading|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=August 22, 2019}}</ref>

| 2014 || November || || "In November 2014, Cloudflare reported another massive DDoS attack with independent media sites being targeted at 500 Gbit/s."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/parmyolson/2014/11/20/the-largest-cyber-attack-in-history-has-been-hitting-hong-kong-sites/#5b0c02b13fc4|title=The Largest Cyber Attack In History Has Been Hitting Hong Kong Sites|last1=Olson|first1=Parmy|date=November 20, 2014|work={{w|Forbes}}|access-date=August 22, 2019}}</ref>

| 2014 || || || "In 2014, Cloudflare introduced an effort called Project Galileo in response to cyberattacks against vulnerable online targets, such as artists, activists, journalists, and human rights groups. Project Galileo provides such groups with free services to protect their websites. In 2019, Cloudflare announced that 600 users and organizations were participating in the project."<ref name=":4">{{Cite news|url=https://www.wired.com/story/cloudflare-project-galileo-protect-nonprofits/|title=Cloudflare's Five-Year Project to Protect Nonprofits Online|last=Newman|first=Lily Hay|date=June 12, 2019|work=[[w:Wired (magazine)|Wired]]|access-date=August 5, 2019|language=en|issn=1059-1028}}</ref>

| 2014 || December || || "In December 2014, Cloudflare raised $110 million in a Series D round led by {{w|Fidelity Investments}}, with participation from {{w|CapitalG}}, {{w|Microsoft}}, {{w|Qualcomm}}, and {{w|Baidu}}."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://techcrunch.com/2015/09/22/cloudflare-hints-ipo-coud-be-coming-but-not-this-year/|title=Cloudflare Hints IPO Could Be Coming, But Not This Year|last1=Miller|first1=Ron|date=September 22, 2015|website={{w|TechCrunch}}|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|accessdate=August 22, 2019}}</ref>

| 2014 || || || "In 2014, Cloudflare introduced an effort called Project Galileo in response to cyberattacks against vulnerable online targets, such as artists, activists, journalists, and human rights groups. Project Galileo provides such groups with free services to protect their websites."<ref name=":4" />

| 2015 || February || || "Awarded "Best Enterprise Startup" by {{w|TechCrunch}} at the 8th Annual Crunchies Awards in February 2015"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://techcrunch.com/events/8th-annual-crunchies-awards/winners/|title=8th Annual Crunchies Awards|last=|first=|date=February 5, 2015|work=|publisher={{w|TechCrunch}}|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|accessdate=August 22, 2019}}</ref>

| 2015 || October || || "An October 2015 report found that Cloudflare provisioned 40% of [[Public key certificate|SSL certificates]] used by [[phishing]] sites with deceptive domain names resembling those of banks and payment processors."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.netcraft.com/archives/2015/10/12/certificate-authorities-issue-hundreds-of-deceptive-ssl-certificates-to-fraudsters.html|title=Certificate authorities issue SSL certificates to fraudsters|last1=Edgecombe|first1=Graham|date=October 12, 2015|work=[[Netcraft]]|accessdate=October 14, 2015}}</ref>

| 2015 || November || || "In November 2015, [[w:Hacktivism|hacktivist]] group [[w:Anonymous (group)|Anonymous]] discouraged the use of Cloudflare's services following the ISIL [[w:November 2015 Paris attacks|attacks in Paris]] and the renewed accusation that Cloudflare aids terrorists."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/nov/19/cloudflare-accused-by-anonymous-helping-isis|title=Web services firm Cloudflare accused by Anonymous of helping Isis|last1=Hern|first1=Alex|date=November 19, 2015|work=[[The Guardian]]|accessdate=November 19, 2015}}</ref>  

| 2016 || September || || "From September 2016 until February 2017, a major Cloudflare bug (nicknamed {{w|Cloudbleed}}) leaked sensitive data, including passwords and authentication tokens, from customer websites by sending extra data in response to web requests."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://techcrunch.com/2017/02/23/major-cloudflare-bug-leaked-sensitive-data-from-customers-websites/|title=Major Cloudflare bug leaked sensitive data from customers' websites|last=Conger|first=Kate|date=February 23, 2017|website=|publisher=[[TechCrunch]]|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|accessdate=August 22, 2019}}</ref> "The leaks resulted from a {{w|buffer overflow}} which occurred, according to analysis by Cloudflare, on approximately 1 in every 3,300,000 HTTP requests."<ref name="2017Inc">{{cite news|url=http://www.inc.com/joseph-steinberg/why-you-can-ignore-calls-to-change-your-passwords-after-todays-massive-password-.html|title=Why You Can Ignore Calls To Change Your Passwords After Today's Massive Password Leak Announcement|last=Steinberg|first=Joseph|date=February 24, 2017|work=[[w:Inc. (magazine)|Inc.]]|accessdate=February 24, 2017|authorlink=}}</ref><ref name="USA Today">{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/talkingtech/2017/02/28/cloudfare-cloudbleed-bug-change-your-passwords/98519794/|title=Cloudfare bug: Yes, you should change your passwords|last1=Molina|first1=Brett|date=February 28, 2017|work={{w|USA Today}}|accessdate=March 1, 2017|publisher=}}</ref>

| 2016 || December || Acquisition || "In December 2016, Cloudflare acquired Eager, with the view of upgrading Cloudflare's Apps platform to allow for drag-and-drop installation of third-party apps onto Cloudflare-enabled sites."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://venturebeat.com/2016/12/13/cloudflare-acquires-app-platform-eager-will-sunset-service-in-q1-2017/|title=Cloudflare acquires app platform Eager, will sunset service in Q1 2017|last1=Yeung|first1=Ken|date=December 13, 2016|website={{w|VentureBeat}}|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|accessdate=December 28, 2016}}</ref>

| 2016 || || || "Ranked #11 on the [[w:Forbes|Forbes Cloud 100]] list in 2016 and 2017"<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/cloud100|title=Cloud 100 2016|last=|first=|date=|website={{w|Forbes}}|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170429021106/https://www.forbes.com/cloud100/#6e7750d2eb4f|archive-date=April 29, 2017|dead-url=yes|access-date=August 22, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/cloud100|title=Cloud 100 2017|last=|first=|date=|website={{w|Forbes}}|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180903014740/https://www.forbes.com/cloud100/#1bf9fa8eeb4f|archive-date=September 3, 2018|dead-url=yes|access-date=August 22, 2019}}</ref>

| 2017 || January || || As of date Cloudflare provides DNS services to 12 million websites,<ref name="cloudflareblog1">{{cite web|url=https://blog.cloudflare.com/how-we-made-our-dns-stack-3x-faster/|title=How we made our DNS stack 3x faster|last=Arnfeld|first=Tom|date=April 11, 2017|website=The Cloudflare Blog|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|accessdate=August 22, 2019}}</ref> adding approximately 20,000 new customers every day.<ref>{{Cite interview|last=Karaivanova|first=Maria|interviewer=Jackie Goldstein|title=Cloudflare – Making Your Website Fast, Safe, and Accessible Everywhere in the World|url=https://hostadvice.com/blog/cloudflare-making-website-fast-safe-accessible-everywhere-world|access-date=August 22, 2019|date=December 22, 2016}}</ref>

| 2017 || May || || "In May 2017, {{w|ProPublica}} reported that Cloudflare as a matter of policy relays the names and email addresses of persons complaining about hate sites to the sites in question, which has led to the complainants being harassed. Cloudflare's [[general counsel]] defended the company's policies by saying it is "base constitutional law that people can face their accusers"."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.propublica.org/article/how-cloudflare-helps-serve-up-hate-on-the-web|title=How One Major Internet Company Helps Serve Up Hate on the Web|last1=Schwencke|first1=Ken|date=May 4, 2017|website=[[ProPublica]]|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|accessdate=May 6, 2017}}</ref>

| 2017 || August 6 || || "Breaking with its long-standing policy of total {{w|content neutrality}}, Cloudflare ceased providing services to the neo-Nazi, white supremacist, and Holocaust denial commentary and message board website ''The Daily Stormer'' on August 16, 2017, in the aftermath of the [[w:Charlottesville rally#Vehicular attack and homicide|fatal vehicular attack at the Charlottesville rally]] four days earlier. This dropped the website's protection against DDoS attacks, and soon thereafter attackers took down the website."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/the-daily-stormer-got-pushed-offline-by-hackers-2017-8|title=Cloudflare CEO explains his emotional decision to punt The Daily Stormer and subject it to hackers: I woke up 'in a bad mood and decided to kick them off the Internet'|last=Peterson|first=Becky|date=August 17, 2017|website={{w|Business Insider}}|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|accessdate=August 17, 2017}}</ref>

| 2017 || Late || Acquisition || "In late 2017, Cloudflare acquired Neumob, a mobile [[w:Virtual private network|VPN]] startup."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://social.techcrunch.com/2017/11/14/cloudflare-expands-into-mobile-performance-with-neumob-acquisition/|title=Cloudflare expands into mobile performance with Neumob acquisition|last=Miller|first=Ron|date=November 14, 2017|website={{w|TechCrunch}}|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181203062825/https://techcrunch.com/2017/11/14/cloudflare-expands-into-mobile-performance-with-neumob-acquisition/|archive-date=December 3, 2018|dead-url=no|access-date=April 2, 2019}}</ref>

| 2017 || || || ""Ranked #11 on the [[w:Forbes|Forbes Cloud 100]] list in 2016 and 2017""

| 2018 || April 1 || || "On April 1, 2018, Cloudflare announced a 'privacy-first' consumer DNS service, hosted at IP addresses 1.1.1.1 and 1.0.0.1. Alternatively, the service can be accessed via IPv6 at 2606:4700:4700::1111 and 2606:4700:4700::1001."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://blog.cloudflare.com/announcing-1111/amp/|title=Anouncing 1.1.1.1: the fastest, privacy-first consumer DNS service|last=Prince|first=Matthew|date=April 1, 2018|website=The Cloudflare Blog|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=August 22, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tomshardware.com/news/cloudflare-privacy-focused-dns-service,36786.html|title=Cloudflare Launches Privacy-Focused 1.1.1.1 DNS Service|last=Armasu|first=Lucian|date=April 2, 2018|website={{w|Tom's Hardware}}|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=August 22, 2019}}</ref>

| 2018 || November 1 || || "On November 11, 2018, Cloudflare announced a mobile version of their 1.1.1.1 service for iOS and Android."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/cloudflare-launches-android-and-ios-apps-for-its-1-1-1-1-service/|title=Cloudflare launches Android and iOS apps for its 1.1.1.1 service|last1=Cimpanu|first1=Catalin|date=November 11, 2018|website=[[ZDNet]]|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=August 22, 2019}}</ref>

| 2019 || March || || "In March 2019, Cloudflare raised $150 million in a Series E round led by {{w|Franklin Templeton Investments}}, with participation from New Enterprise Associates, Union Square Ventures, Venrock, Pelion Venture Partners, Greenspring Associates, CapitalG, Microsoft, Baidu, Qualcomm and Fidelity."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/news/2019/03/12/cloudflare-150-million-funding-ipo-in-question.html|title=Cloudflare's $150 million funding round puts its IPO plans in question|last1=Kawamoto|first1=Dawn|date=March 12, 2019|website={{w|San Francisco Business Times}}|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|accessdate=March 12, 2019}} {{subscription required|s}}</ref>

| 2019 || April 1 || || "On April 1, 2019, Cloudflare announced a new freemium [[w:Virtual private network|Virtual Private Network]] service named Warp. The service would initially be available through the 1.1.1.1 mobile apps with a desktop app available later."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://9to5mac.com/2019/04/01/cloudflare-warp-free-vpn-service-ios/|title=Cloudflare announces Warp: a new free VPN service for iOS|last=Rambo|first=Guilherme|date=April 1, 2019|website=[[9to5Mac]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190402054515/https://9to5mac.com/2019/04/01/cloudflare-warp-free-vpn-service-ios/|archive-date=April 2, 2019|dead-url=no|access-date=April 2, 2019}}</ref>

| 2019 || June 21 || || "On June 21, 2019, Cloudflare announced that users would be able to sync their computer's time securely with Cloudflare's [[Network Time Protocol]] (NTP) service. Cloudflare's time service will allow users to connect to their NTP server that supports Network Time Security (NTS), enabling users to obtain time in an authenticated manner."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cloudflare.com/time/|title=Cloudflare Time Services|last=|first=|date=|website=Cloudflare|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=August 22, 2019}}</ref>

| 2019 || July || || "Cloudflare suffered a major outage in July 2019, which rendered more than 12 million websites (80% of all customers) unreachable for 27 minutes."<ref name="auto">{{cite news|url=https://blog.cloudflare.com/details-of-the-cloudflare-outage-on-july-2-2019/|title=Details of the Cloudflare outage on July 2, 2019|last=Graham-Cumming|first=John|date=July 12, 2019|work=The Cloudflare Blog|accessdate=July 12, 2019}}</ref>

| 2019 || August 15 || || "On August 15, 2019, Cloudflare submitted its [[w:Form S-1|S-1]] filing for IPO on the {{w|New York Stock Exchange}} under the stock ticker NET."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://social.techcrunch.com/2019/08/15/cloudflare-files-for-initial-public-offering/|title=Cloudflare files for initial public offering|last=Shieber|first=Jonathan|date=August 15, 2019|website=[[TechCrunch]]|language=en-US|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=August 22, 2019}}</ref>  

| 2019 || August || || "In August 2019, Cloudflare terminated services to 8chan, an American imageboard, after the perpetrator of the 2019 El Paso shootings allegedly used the website to upload his manifesto."<ref name=":14" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/investigators-reasonably-confident-texas-suspect-left-anti-immigrant-screed-tipped-n1039031|title=Investigators ‘reasonably confident’ Texas suspect left anti-immigrant screed|last=Wong|first=Julia Carrie|date=August 4, 2019|publisher=[[NBC News]]|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=August 22, 2019}}</ref>

| 2019 || August || || As of date, Cloudflare has around 1,069 employees.<ref name="Cloudflare S-1 Analysis — Do they have an edge?"/>

| 2019 || || || "In 2014, Cloudflare introduced an effort called Project Galileo in response to cyberattacks against vulnerable online targets, such as artists, activists, journalists, and human rights groups. Project Galileo provides such groups with free services to protect their websites. In 2019, Cloudflare announced that 600 users and organizations were participating in the project."<ref name=":4"/>

| 2019 || || || "In 2019, Cloudflare announced a new [[w:Domain name registrar|domain registrar]] service that promised to offer low-cost wholesale pricing and easy ways to enable [[w:Domain Name System Security Extensions|DNSSEC]]."