CNN outages and problems
In the past 24 hours, 24 user reports came in for CNN. 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 3 reports, about 9 hours ago. That stays below our outage threshold, so it doesn't count as downtime.
CNN in October 2026
- Problem reports in October (since 27 October)
- 24
Monthly report for October 2026
What people said was wrong in recent problem reports for CNN, as a share of those reports:
- 67% App
- 33% Live Channel
Where CNN problem reports come from
Recent reports came from 12 areas. The most came from around Washington, DC, Portland, OR and San Diego, CA. Share of recent reports by area, named after its biggest town:
- 18% Washington, DC
- 9% Portland, OR
- 9% San Diego, CA
- 9% Dallas, TX
- 5% Philadelphia, PA
- 5% Chicago, IL
From 22 recent problem reports. Big cities always send the most, so reports from many places point to a widespread problem, and one area far ahead of the rest can mean a regional one. Town names: GeoNames.
CNN problem spikes, last 30 days
Since 27 October, CNN 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 27 October 2026. Monthly reports for all services
How to fix CNN not working
CNN 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 edition.cnn.com over your own connection, right now. Nothing is sent to us or stored.
Reload and restart
Reload the page (Ctrl+F5, or Cmd+Shift+R on a Mac), or fully close the app and open it again.
Try another connection
Switch between Wi-Fi and mobile data. If it works on one and not the other, the problem is your network, not CNN.
Update the app
Install the latest version from the App Store or Google Play. Old versions can stop connecting after a server-side change.
While CNN is down: what to use instead
- BBC News Use BBC News for a fast headline scan when the app will not load.
- Reuters Reuters helps when you want short wire reports and the app keeps stalling.
- AP News AP News gives you a plain list of breaking stories if the app shows an error.
- CNN website Open the CNN website in a browser when the app fails but the main pages still load.
CNN IP address, servers and network
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How we track CNN
The status on this page comes from user-submitted problem reports for CNN, counted in 15-minute windows over the last 24 hours. Each window is compared with the normal level for CNN, 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. CNN 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.