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Is AdGuard DNS down right now? Live status and outage tracker

No, AdGuard DNS is up.

No outage detected, and no user reports in the last hour.

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User reports, last 24 hours, 15 minutes a segment: 96 flowing 0 slow (elevated) 0 jammed (outage)

User reports, last 24 hours

10 reports in total, counted in 15-minute windows

No problem reports came in for AdGuard DNS in the last hour, and at this time of day there are usually almost none. Over the last 24 hours there were 10 reports. Most recent reports were about website (100%). There has been no spike in reports since 28 October. These are user reports from the US, where most people report AdGuard DNS problems.

NormalClose to the usual level24 h · 10 reports
ElevatedMore than 1.5 times the usual levelNone in this chart
OutageMore than twice the usual level and far above the day's averageNone in this chart
Usual levelWhat a usual day sees at that timeAlmost none at this time of day

Reports, last hour

Quiet

Uptime, 24 h

100.00%

No outage windows

Last outage

None

In the last 24 hours

Busiest 15 minutes

2 reports, 13 h ago

Last 24 hours

AdGuard DNS outages and problems

In the past 24 hours, 10 user reports came in for AdGuard DNS. Counting only the 15-minute windows with a spike big enough to count as an outage, that comes to 100.00% uptime for the day.

The busiest 15-minute window had 2 reports, about 13 hours ago. That stays below our outage threshold, so it doesn't count as downtime.

No problems detected in the last 24 hoursReports for AdGuard DNS stayed at their usual level the whole time.

This month

AdGuard DNS in October 2026

Problem reports in October (since 28 October): 10

Monthly report for October 2026

What went wrong

What people said was wrong in recent problem reports for AdGuard DNS.

Website100%

Share of 1 recent report that said what was wrong.

Last 30 days

AdGuard DNS problem spikes, last 30 days

Since 28 October, AdGuard DNS had no outage spikes or periods of elevated reports.

A spike is a sharp rise in problem reports from users, kept exactly as this page showed it at the time. This history starts on 28 October 2026. Monthly reports for all services

Troubleshooting

How to fix AdGuard DNS not working

AdGuard DNS is up on our end, so if it won't work for you, the problem is most likely on your side. Work through these in order:

Your browser tries to reach adguard-dns.io over your own connection, right now. Nothing is sent to us or stored.

Flush the DNS cache for AdGuard DNS
Clear the resolver cache before you change any settings. On Windows, run ipconfig /flushdns in Command Prompt; on macOS, run sudo dscacheutil -flushcache and sudo killall -HUP mDNSResponder. Reload the page that failed with a server cannot be found message.
Set AdGuard DNS to automatic
Open the affected device's network settings and switch DNS from manual to automatic, then reconnect to Wi-Fi. On iPhone or iPad, the path is Settings > Wi-Fi > the info button beside your network > Configure DNS > Automatic. If pages load again, re-enter the server values from your setup notes.
Toggle AdGuard DNS protection
On Android, open Settings > Network & internet > Private DNS and choose Automatic. If you use the AdGuard app, switch its DNS protection off and back on. This shows whether the local profile is blocking the connection.
Reset the AdGuard DNS profile
Connect the device to a mobile hotspot and try the same site; if it opens there, your router or local network is the likely cause. On iPhone or iPad, open Settings > General > VPN & Device Management to remove the DNS profile, then add it again. Reboot the device and restart the router after that.

While AdGuard DNS is down: what to use instead

Cloudflare 1.1.1.1 Set it as the DNS server on your phone or router when pages stop resolving, and browsing returns without the ad blocking you had before.
Quad9 A public resolver with malware filtering that works as a temporary swap if you still want some protection while the usual DNS setting fails.
NextDNS Pick this if you need blocklists and per-device rules; it can take over filtering until the original resolver answers again, though you have to set up an account first.
Automatic DNS Switch your device or router back to automatic DNS when a custom address stops responding; the connection's default resolver takes over and ordinary browsing resumes.

About

What happens when AdGuard DNS goes down

AdGuard DNS is a public DNS resolver that filters ads and trackers for people who set it on phones and home routers. An outage interrupts domain lookups, so pages and apps stop loading even if the connection is fine.

Name resolution tends to break first: pages spin, and browsers report that the server's IP address could not be found while Wi-Fi or mobile data still looks connected. Apps that need a fresh lookup then show no internet connection, and filtering stops with the resolver, so ads and trackers return or the device cannot load anything at all; DNS-over-HTTPS and DNS-over-TLS clients may show a connection error when the endpoint stops answering. Problems can be regional or partial, and one network or device may fail while another resolves names normally. The status at the top of the page comes from user problem reports; this site does not ping or probe AdGuard DNS from any location.

Servers and network

AdGuard DNS IP address, servers and network

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Questions

AdGuard DNS FAQ

Is AdGuard DNS down right now?

The status at the top of this page shows whether problem reports for the service are above their usual level, counted in 15-minute windows over the last 24 hours. This site does not ping, probe or monitor anything itself, so a jump in reports means other people are hitting trouble too, nothing more. To rule out your own side, load a few sites over mobile data instead of Wi-Fi; if they open fine, the fault sits with your router, your ISP, or the DNS settings on that device. A second device on the same network narrows it down further.

Why does my browser say the DNS address could not be found after I set up AdGuard DNS?

A typo in the resolver address is the usual culprit: one wrong character and the device has no working DNS at all. Check that you pasted the address for the option you want, Default or Family, into every DNS field your router or device offers, then save and reconnect. If it still fails, switch DNS back to automatic for a minute to confirm the device and network are fine on their own.

The Family option blocks a site my kid needs for school. Can I allow it?

The Family server blocks adult content and forces safe search on every device pointed at it, so you cannot allowlist a single site on that resolver alone. Move the device to the Default address instead. A personal AdGuard DNS setup gives you per-device rules, and there you can add your own allow entries when a teacher's link gets caught by mistake. Report genuinely miscategorized sites so the filter list gets corrected.

I added a device to my AdGuard DNS account but its traffic never shows in the query log.

The query log only fills when the device sends queries to the address linked to that device entry, so anything still using the router's old DNS or sitting behind a VPN bypasses it. Confirm the device points at the right address, then turn the VPN off while you test. Wait a few minutes as well; cached answers do not always show up when you expect them.

Does AdGuard DNS work on a router, a games console or a smart TV?

Any device with a DNS field will use it, and that covers most routers and smart TVs. Set the addresses on the router once and everything on the network inherits them, which is the practical route for a console that has no DNS setting of its own. Encrypted DNS needs client support, so older hardware falls back to plain DNS.

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How we track AdGuard DNS

The status on this page comes from user-submitted problem reports for AdGuard DNS, counted in 15-minute windows over the last 24 hours. Each window is compared with the normal level for AdGuard DNS, so a few complaints on a quiet day don't trigger anything, but a sudden jump well above normal does.

When reports climb well above normal, the status here changes to partial outage or major outage and the chart moves with it. AdGuard DNS doesn't publish a public status page that we know of, so user reports are often the quickest sign that something is wrong on their side.