Is Cloudflare 521 related to DDoS attacks?

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Is Cloudflare 521 related to DDoS attacks?
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Yes, Cloudflare 521 errors are frequently associated with Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks. DDoS attacks flood your website with traffic, overwhelming Cloudflare's resources and causing it to exceed rate limits. However, it can also occur due to legitimate high traffic.