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Starting from now, #AO3 will be down for our planned maintenance for about 6 hours. We’ll post again when we’re back!

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Reminder: #AO3 will be down for 6 hours at 9AM UTC-- about 45 minutes from now. Now's a good time to download some works to tide you over!

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#AO3 is back out of maintenance! All database servers are now back in normal operation, but the site may still be slower for a while. Thank you for your patience!

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The slowness and 503 errors are still ongoing, but we are seeing brief periods where the site functions normally. We're continuing to monitor the situation.

We're aware of some slowness and are looking into it.

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@AO3_Status I am getting an 503 error

We're looking into some issues that are causing 503 errors for some folks, please stand by!

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The Archive seems to be down for some users, but not all. We're investigating!

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We're looking into some pesky connection errors and general site slowness. Please stand by!

@AO3_Status thank you for the update the slowness is annoying

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We're still working to mitigate the DDoS attacks. In the meantime, you may receive various error messages or encounter display issues with the site layout.

The Archive is experiencing some issues (as many of you have noticed). We're looking into it, please stand by!

@AO3_Status it looks like it's back

It looks like the Archive is under a DDoS attack causing the servers to fall over. Our volunteer sysadmins are working on countermeasures. Please be patient with us, we'll be back!