
AO3 Status
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AO3 Status
@AO3_Status
Site status updates for the Archive of Our Own (@AO3org), a Hugo Award-winning project of the Organization for Transformative Works (@OTW_News)


#AO3 and #Fanlore are currently down. We are investigating. Please refer to our status page for more information: otwstatus.org/incidents/sbgg…





Following guidance from our vendor, we've brought #AO3 back online to help troubleshoot. We expect the site will go back down, although we don't know when that will happen. (1/2)

We do not currently have an estimated time for when we will be back up, but we expect it to be multiple hours at minimum. We apologize for the inconvenience and will update you when we know more. Refer to otwstatus.org for updates. (3/3)

We're working with our vendor's support team to understand the cause and whether reverting or upgrading further will best resolve the issue without continuing the cycle of up and downtimes. (2/3)

#AO3 is now fully down. After performing a software upgrade a few days ago, we've been unable to keep our server cluster healthy due to what we believe is a bug or issue with the new release of our database server software. (1/3)

We are investigating reports of errors when trying to load AO3, including errors saying that AO3 is down, which seem to be related to the previous incident. We will update when we have more information!

#AO3 will remain down for at least several hours until we can consult our database vendor's support team and resolve the underlying issue. We're very sorry for the inconvenience. Please refer to otwstatus.org for updates.


#AO3 is back up! We appreciate your patience. We've got our protections against bot traffic turned up a bit higher than usual, so some users may experience problems if they're using a VPN or similar tools. Refer to otwstatus.org for more information.

We've identified the problem and are working on a fix. We expect to remain down for several more hours. We apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate your patience! Refer to otwstatus.org for more information.

#AO3 is currently down. We do not have an estimated return time currently. We're looking into it with one of our third-party support providers and will update when we have more information. Thank you for your patience! Refer to otwstatus.org for more information.

We are continuing to investigate reports of slowness and errors when trying to load AO3, including errors saying that AO3 is down. Refer to our status page for more information: otwstatus.org

