Archive of Our Own down? Outage map, service status, incidents history

Is Archive of Our Own down?

✅ Working normally

Archive of Our Own appears to be working normally — report volume is within the typical range for this time of day. The last reported incident was about 35 days ago.

Last updated 14m ago · 7 signals in the last 24h · within the normal range

The Archive of Our Own (AO3) is a nonprofit open-source repository for fanfiction and other transformative fanworks, created and maintained by the Organization for Transformative Works (OTW). AO3 hosts a diverse range of fanworks, including fanfiction stories, fanart, fanvids, podfics, and more

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📈 User Reports and Outages in the Last 24 Hours

Outages are identified by unusual patterns or anomalies in user report activity

🌐 Archive of Our Own Outage Map

The map is created using the locations of users who have submitted reports on the site

Archive of Our Own outage map · 2026-06-21

We haven't noticed any confirmed outages affecting Archive of Our Own in the past 24 hours.

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What’s typical for Archive of Our Own

Where reports usually come from

🇨🇳China65%

🇷🇺Russia35%

What people usually report

Fics28%

Website19%

Notes19%

Servers19%

Wi-Fi16%

Archive of Our Own reliability

35d ago

Last incident

Incidents (12 mo)

5h 26m

Avg duration

1d 14h

Total downtime (12 mo)

Based on 7 recorded incidents over the last 12 months.

Recent outage history

resolvedMay 16, 2026Website2h 33m
resolvedApr 12, 2026Service disruption21m
resolvedMar 17, 2026Service disruption1h 7m
resolvedMar 3, 2026Service disruption16m
resolvedMar 3, 2026Service disruption9m

🔎 Social Media Monitoring

We monitor social media to detect signals that indicate issues with services

fk i need to cool down with ao3

14m

I have literally 34 ideas for fics written down in a note on my notes app guys and I still have 0 published on ao3 because I'm SCARED.

@varshadylan what else could possibly be talking about except criticism lol it's not like ao3 are taking the fics down

11h

ao3 has been down for me (and apparently me only??) for an hour wtfffff

11h

Why is ao3 always down anyways

12h

@cittrusine Hello, thank you for this 😇 but do you know what happen? Did ao3 take it down or the author just delete it? 🥲

19h

@cutesylovelyy ao3 is down the hall and to the left

23h

Anyone else's ao3 tagging just not working?? I know there's multiple fics in specific tags...but its either showing only 1 or 2 or nothing 🥲

THIS PROBLEM WOULD BE SWIFTLY RESOLVED IF WE SHUT DOWN AO3

i start jumping up and down with joy when an ao3 author writes “this chapter is incredibly self indulgent” in the notes.

update: i been scouting volpe fics on ao3 the last few days, down bad huh?😔

@AO3_Status you have the chance to do the funniest thing ever and next website down period delete every single one

AO3 is not working for me, this is the end

@joongdoklover12 so if you posted anything on ao3 that is not fanfiction please take it down becuase that is against Ao3’s terms and conditions

ao3 down i'm biting the bars of my enclosure

ao3 gotta be taken down man this site ******* sucks

AO3 IS ******* DOWN

Dude I was NOT kidding when I made my AO3 name ICanMakeAnythingPoly. I DID NOT EVEN TRY AND I MADE A POLYSHIP. We've gotta put me down

@quillsevngpen Pulling you down with me, there better be ao3 in the afterlife

I am kinda making a tag list. But for ao3 fics. So if you want to be tagged when I post a new ao3 fic (jikook) you can comment down your @ under this twt.

IS AO3 DOWN W IS GOING ON 😭

Ao3, Lofter, Xhs, Twitter,... basically he's getting dicked down everywhere but sure, he acts and look like the average ML, yeah, ok, whatever

@AO3_Status Hi ao3 seems to be down? The server isn’t responding.

does anyone else remember in 2020 when anti-rpf atinys were emailing kq with ao3 links to try and get the fics taken down. what a time

@linoloves hfjdjsn this is not ao3 calm down

@Septumnism yeah get their ***, i’ve sent in a report hoping ao3 will take it down soon🙏🙏

@obsessuho oomf's fics are not showing on ao3 anymore and they wrote soooo many fics now the bkgt tag has gone down severely

idk about you guys but i find it hella funny that zb1, specifically haobin, are known for the fanfics that their fans make because ao3 was literally down the day they debuted😭

@thewarlock34 **** ton of them the day AO3 was down

Currently writing a thing on AO3 if anybody's interested. It's about the bald freaks I draw sometimes. It's called "16 Floors Down". Please read it I'm really proud of it-

Frequently asked questions

Is Archive of Our Own down right now?

Archive of Our Own appears to be working normally — report volume is within the typical range for this time of day. The last reported incident was about 35 days ago.

Why is Archive of Our Own not working for me?

We're not detecting a broad Archive of Our Own outage right now, so a problem is most likely local to you — your internet connection, device, or the app. Try restarting the app, then your router. If many people report the same issue, this page will update to show it.

When was the last Archive of Our Own outage?

The last recorded Archive of Our Own incident was about 35 days ago.

How do I report a Archive of Our Own problem?

Use the “Report a problem” button on this page and choose what's not working. Reports are anonymous and update the live status and outage map in real time.

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

We aggregate anonymous user reports and monitor public social-media posts, comparing live volume against Archive of Our Own's normal baseline for the time of day and region to detect anomalies — often before they're officially confirmed.