Outage — problem reports peaked at 40/15min around 01:55 UTC; 102 reports over 26m. Most common: 'Not working' (91%); reports from Canada and the United States.
reports
102
duration
26m
top problem
Not working 91%
most affected
CA 67% · of 2 countries
peak
40 / 15 min @ 01:45 UTC
story · 3 beats
01:46 ↗ Problem reports started climbing at 01:46 UTC.
Incident at 01:27 UTC — scattered reports over 24m.
2024-09-03 Major outage 10h 39m · 2 incidents ▶ view this daychart · map · replay
20:28 UTC — Incident , 1h 58m
Problem reports stayed above normal, lasting 1h 58m.
duration
1h 58m
22:43 UTC — Major outage , 8h 41m
Major outage — problem reports stayed above normal, lasting 8h 41m.
duration
8h 41m
2024-03-28 Major outage 4h 25m · 876 signals ▶ view this daychart · map · replay
Major outage — problem reports stayed above normal; 876 reports over 4h 25m.
reports
876
duration
4h 25m
Archive of Our Own comments
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common questions
Is Archive of Our Own down right now?
Problem reports for Archive of Our Own are at their usual level right now. The most recent incident was about 41 days ago.
Is Archive of Our Own down for everyone or just me?
Right now down.now isn't seeing a broad Archive of Our Own outage, so the problem is most likely local to you — your connection, your device, or the app itself. Try the app on mobile data instead of Wi-Fi, then restart the router. If reports start arriving from other people, this page flips to an outage within minutes.
When did Archive of Our Own last go down?
The last recorded Archive of Our Own incident was about 41 days ago, on 2026-08-23. The outage record below has the peak time, duration and what people reported.
How can I report a problem with Archive of Our Own?
Use the report panel on this page and pick what's not working — it takes one tap and no account. Reports are anonymous, and they feed the live signal on this page immediately.
How does down.now know if Archive of Our Own is down?
Down.Now watches two crowd signals for Archive of Our Own — anonymous reports submitted here, and public social-media posts about it — and compares the live volume against what's normal for that hour of the day. A sustained spike above that baseline opens an incident, which is usually visible before an official confirmation. We measure what users report, not Archive of Our Own's servers directly.