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OutageThursday 29 October 2026Ended 1 Nov, 10:32

Archive of Our Own outage on 29 October 2026

Problem reports about Archive of Our Own rose to outage level at 00:52 Central European time on Thursday 29 October 2026, in 2 separate spikes over 81 h 41 min (77 h 21 min at outage level in all).

They peaked at 2,203 reports in 15 minutes at 08:09, about 1,102 times the usual level for that time of day, and 21,602 reports came in while the outage lasted.

Reports reached outage level in 24 countries, the US, the UK, Germany, Canada and more.

12 other services had an outage spike at the same time.

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Started
00:52
Thu 29 Oct, Central European time
At outage level
77 h 21 min
Ended 10:32 on 1 Nov
Busiest 15 minutes
2,203
reports, at 08:09
Reports during the outage
21,602
Peak about 1,102× the usual level
Timeline

Reports from Wed 18:45 to Fri 18:45

One bar per 15 minutes, Central European time. Red bars are the outage; the dashed line is what a usual day sees at that time.

Problem reports about Archive of Our Own rose to outage level at 00:52 Central European time on Thursday 29 October 2026, in 2 separate spikes over 81 h 41 min (77 h 21 min at outage level in all). They peaked at 2,203 reports in 15 minutes at 08:09, about 1,102 times the usual level for that time of day, and 21,602 reports came in while the outage lasted. Reports reached outage level in 24 countries, the US, the UK, Germany, Canada and more. 12 other services had an outage spike at the same time.
Around the world

Where people reported it that day

Each country's reports on 29 October, against the usual level there. Outage means reports stayed at outage level for half an hour or more; above usual, for an hour or more.

CountryThat dayReports
The USOutage17,173
The UKOutage3,800
GermanyOutage2,146
CanadaOutage1,948
AustraliaOutage1,848
IndiaOutage802
PolandOutage767
FranceOutage748
The NetherlandsOutage730
ItalyOutage706
The PhilippinesOutage512
SwedenOutage446
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