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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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Archive of Our Own outage map · 2026-01-22
We observed 1 confirmed outage today:
10:41 PM - 10:48 PM
The outage started at approximately 10:41 PM and ended around 10:48 PM, lasting about 7 minutes.

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“twitter is down!!” as long as ao3 is fine the earth will not collapse, calm down you dramatic ***.
3h
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the worst part about this snow storm is the fact ao3 will be down for 15 hours of it🥀
4h
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wdym instagram is down??? RIGHT AFTER AO3 TOO </3 **** MY ******* CHUNGUS LIFE.
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Ao3 still down?
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no new cg art and ao3 is down so tuff
7h
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is ao3 stil down
8h
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ao3 is down somebody kill me
9h
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The ‘you’ve got kudos’ email from ao3 is always so depressing after a site shut down
11h
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**** ao3 down
12h
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Every time people talk about ao3 being down it works perfectly fine for me and I feel crazy but maybe that’s cuz I use it in chrome browser
16h
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Ao3 shutting down for maintenance is the only thing realigning my sleep schedule
18h
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I JUST REALIZED THAT AO3 DOWN MADE ME ACTUALLY GO OUTSIDE
18h
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Thought about reading fanfics tonight before bed and remembered that ao3 is down and I got so distressed
18h
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went back to my wattpad roots during the ao3 outage and i was re traumatized with **** written by 12 year olds. never again.
19h
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Ao3 is down, and I'm depressed about my dog. I hate this.
19h
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now im nauseous AND AO3 is ******* down bro im so done with today
21h
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Haven't slept since yesterday, feel like **** My back hurts, ao3 down, endfield release soon, i'm ******* tired
22h
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Bruh bruhhhhh bruhhhhbruhhhhhhhh guys I’m really really yuri pulled rn 😵‍💫 ao3 could not have gone down at a worse time 💔
22h
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WHY IS AO3 STILL DOWN
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trying to use fanfic net after ao3 being shut down for the day is no joke why is it so hard
22h
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i was asleep and then in class while ao3 was down … see when you’re educated
22h
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just saying i don't think it's a coincidence that today was a struggle day at work AND ao3 was down
22h
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Having a terrible lupus flare and ended up sleeping through most of AO3 being down so lmao chronic illness win?
23h
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At least the ao3 outage is over so pen and maladaptive daydream time is back on the schedule
23h
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I didn’t even realize ao3 was down #recovered
23h
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Is ao3 still down lol
23h
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ive lowk never felt more jobless ever since ao3 went down
23h
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Ao3 was down during my working hours so it didnt affect me at all, thank you @AO3_Status we should kiss
23h
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ao3 down so i tried reading fics on wattpad, don’t know how 10 year old me was reading this stuff. it’s awful 😭
23h
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st finale ted cruz going on vacation AGAIN ice kidnapping ppl ao3 down this really is ****
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