Cloudflare could not route to the origin at all. Typically the DNS record points at an invalid or unroutable IP, or the origin's network route has been withdrawn.
Cloudflare could not route to the origin at all. Typically the DNS record points at an invalid or unroutable IP, or the origin's network route has been withdrawn.
Where 522 is a timeout to a reachable address, 523 means the address itself is unroutable. The problem sits at the DNS or network layer, not the web server.
The DNS lookup shows exactly which address the record resolves to — which is where an unroutable target becomes obvious.
Not necessarily. It means the address Cloudflare was told to use cannot be reached. The server may be fine at a different address.