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Problem reports for Archive of Our Own are at their usual level right now. The most recent incident was about 41 days ago.

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  • report🇨🇦Not working - Montreal41d
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  • report🇺🇸Not working - Colorado Springs41d
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Archive of Our Own outage record

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20 incidents in the past 12 months — 5 major, the worst on 2026-03-02 with 2,390 reports over 20h 34m.

Since 2024, down.now has recorded 77 outage days on Archive of Our Own, 11 of them major; the largest was Mar 2, 2026 with 2,390 reports.

2026-08-23 Outage 26m · 102 signals

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
  1. 01:46 Problem reports started climbing at 01:46 UTC.
  2. 01:55 Peak at 01:55 UTC: 40/15min.
  3. 02:12 Problem reports faded around 02:12 UTC.
2026-07-28 Disruption 4m · 10 signals

Disruption at 04:56 UTC — 10 reports over 4m. Most common: 'Not working' (88%).

2026-05-16 Major outage 2h 33m · 446 signals

Major outage — problem reports peaked at 174/15min; 446 reports over 2h 33m. Reports from the Philippines, Germany, Saudi Arabia and 2 more countries.

reports
446
duration
2h 33m
top problem
Wi-Fi / router 13%
most affected
PH 20% · of 5 countries
peak
174 / 15 min @ 08:45 UTC
reports · 2026-05-16 · /15 min
10017408:32 – 11:0516:0000:0024:00
incident timeline
    1. 08:32Problem reports started climbing.
    2. 11:05Problem reports faded.
outage map
outage map · 2026-05-16
2026-04-12 Incident 21m · 11 signals

Incident at 21:40 UTC — 11 reports over 21m.

2026-03-17 Incident 1h 7m · 297 signals

Incident at 04:56 UTC — 297 reports over 1h 7m.

2026-03-03 Major outage 13h 21m · 1,573 signals · 2 incidents
18:08 UTC — Incident , 16m

Problem reports stayed above normal; 13 reports over 16m.

reports
13
duration
16m
22:18 UTC — Major outage , 13h 5m

Major outage — problem reports stayed above normal; 1,560 reports over 13h 5m.

reports
1,560
duration
13h 5m
peak
74 / 15 min @ 04:15 UTC
2026-03-02 Major outage 20h 34m · 2,390 signals

Major outage — problem reports stayed above normal; 2,390 reports over 20h 34m.

reports
2,390
duration
20h 34m
peak
53 / 15 min @ 05:00 UTC
2026-01-21 Major outage 20h 4m · 1,472 signals · 4 incidents
06:02 UTC — Major outage , 14h 37m

Major outage — problem reports stayed above normal; 1,348 reports over 14h 37m.

reports
1,348
duration
14h 37m
peak
57 / 15 min @ 08:15 UTC
03:13 UTC — Incident , 49m

Problem reports stayed above normal; 26 reports over 49m.

reports
26
duration
49m
01:23 UTC — Incident , 33m

Problem reports stayed above normal; 12 reports over 33m.

reports
12
duration
33m
19:58 UTC — Incident , 4h 5m

Problem reports stayed above normal; 86 reports over 4h 5m.

reports
86
duration
4h 5m
2026-01-20 Incident 3h 1m · 64 signals

Incident at 14:10 UTC — 64 reports over 3h 1m.

2026-01-19 Incident 3h 9m · 66 signals · 2 incidents

Incident, starting at 21:34 UTC — 66 reports over 3h 9m.

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40 recorded outage days, 3 major — the worst on Nov 18, 751 reports.

2025-11-18 Major outage 6h 2m · 751 signals

Major outage — problem reports stayed above normal; 751 reports over 6h 2m.

reports
751
duration
6h 2m
peak
181 / 15 min @ 14:15 UTC

During the Cloudflare outage.

2025-11-14 Incident 1h 9m · 113 signals

Incident at 15:22 UTC — 113 reports over 1h 9m.

2025-10-31 Incident 1h 17m · 389 signals

Incident at 05:59 UTC — 389 reports over 1h 17m.

2025-10-10 Incident 20m · 59 signals

Incident at 22:01 UTC — 59 reports over 20m.

2025-10-06 Incident 19m · 15 signals

Incident at 04:05 UTC — 15 reports over 19m.

2025-09-30 Incident 30m

Incident at 06:12 UTC — scattered reports over 30m.

2025-09-26 Major outage 1d 9h

Major outage — problem reports stayed above normal, lasting 1d 9h.

duration
1d 9h
2025-09-25 Incident 2h 20m · 2 incidents

Incident, starting at 07:45 UTC — scattered reports over 2h 20m.

2025-09-24 Incident 8h 53m · 4 incidents

Incident, starting at 21:02 UTC — scattered reports over 8h 53m.

2025-09-10 Incident 9m

Incident at 01:40 UTC — scattered reports over 9m.

2025-08-15 Incident 10m

Incident at 13:43 UTC — scattered reports over 10m.

2025-08-03 Incident 13m

Incident at 19:29 UTC — scattered reports over 13m.

2025-07-28 Incident 2h 27m

Incident at 14:38 UTC — scattered reports over 2h 27m.

2025-07-14 Incident 8m

Incident at 13:02 UTC — scattered reports over 8m.

2025-07-04 Major outage 11h 55m · 2 incidents
14:43 UTC — Incident , 1h 36m

Problem reports stayed above normal, lasting 1h 36m.

duration
1h 36m
17:14 UTC — Major outage , 10h 19m

Major outage — problem reports stayed above normal, lasting 10h 19m.

duration
10h 19m
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27 recorded outage days, 4 major — the worst on Mar 28, 876 reports.

2024-12-29 Incident 34m

Incident at 00:04 UTC — scattered reports over 34m.

2024-12-27 Major outage 3h 7m

Major outage — problem reports stayed above normal, lasting 3h 7m.

duration
3h 7m
2024-12-23 Incident 18m

Incident at 21:03 UTC — scattered reports over 18m.

2024-12-18 Incident 1h 33m

Incident at 06:24 UTC — scattered reports over 1h 33m.

2024-11-24 Incident 1h 6m

Incident at 14:42 UTC — scattered reports over 1h 6m.

2024-11-19 Incident 41m

Incident at 00:02 UTC — scattered reports over 41m.

2024-11-17 Major outage 1h 15m

Major outage — problem reports stayed above normal, lasting 1h 15m.

duration
1h 15m
2024-10-24 Incident 24m

Incident at 01:27 UTC — scattered reports over 24m.

2024-09-03 Major outage 10h 39m · 2 incidents
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

Major outage — problem reports stayed above normal; 876 reports over 4h 25m.

reports
876
duration
4h 25m

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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?

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How does down.now know if Archive of Our Own is down?

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