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Recent Archive of Our Own User Reports
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Nov 18, 2025 - 09:29 AMA visitor from Bucharest, Romania has reported a problem with Feed
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Nov 18, 2025 - 08:50 AMA visitor from Amsterdam, The Netherlands has reported a problem with Feed
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Nov 18, 2025 - 08:25 AMA visitor from Rybinsk, Russia has reported a problem with Feed
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Nov 18, 2025 - 08:00 AMA visitor from Sandefjord, Norway has reported a problem with Feed
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Aug 10, 2025 - 08:06 PMA visitor from Qingdao, China has reported a problem with Feed
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Jul 04, 2025 - 03:26 PM
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Jun 26, 2025 - 04:03 PM
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Archive of Our Own Outage Locations
Location
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Last Reported
Portsmouth, England, GB
12
1 years ago
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, US
3
2 years ago
La Vergne, Tennessee, US
2
2 years ago
Steinasage, Baden-Wurttemberg, DE
1
2 years ago
Podol'sk, Moskovskaya oblast', RU
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2 years ago
Romeoville, Illinois, US
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2 years ago
Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl, Mexico, MX
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2 years ago
Gor'kogo, Voronezhskaya oblast', RU
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2 years ago
Tayshet, Irkutskaya oblast', RU
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Tyumen', Tyumenskaya oblast', RU
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2 years ago
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archiveofourown.org website response status history
Date and Time
Response Time
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Dec 05, 2025 - 03:22 AM
1.91 ms.
200
Dec 04, 2025 - 09:20 AM
2.03 ms.
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Dec 04, 2025 - 01:17 AM
2 ms.
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Dec 03, 2025 - 11:16 AM
2.02 ms.
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Dec 03, 2025 - 01:22 AM
1.89 ms.
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Dec 02, 2025 - 08:07 PM
2.09 ms.
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Dec 02, 2025 - 01:51 PM
1.94 ms.
200
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Amsterdam, The Netherlands • 7 months ago
Host error
ixe
Decatur, United States • 9 months agoerror
Darling
Frankfurt am Main, Germany • 10 months agoWebsite connection is very low
Элли
Kaluga, Russia • 1 years agoСайт прекрасный, но не грузит с 1 ноября
batueka
Moscow, Russia • 1 years agoCan't login, sent me to page "try later"
Alexxa
Los Angeles, United States • 1 years agoYesterday when I tried to opened a fanfiction for reading, the website just showed me a black screen. I mean, the text is here, I can highlight it, but I can't see anything at all. This problem still exists even now
Lizzy
Portsmouth, United Kingdom • 1 years agoIt appears that my computer and mobile server/network administrator has totally blocked this website so that no matter which computer, tablet or phone used the website is blocked as unsecure and Tasteless!
Lizzy
Portsmouth, United Kingdom • 1 years agoKeep getting a privacy error. In other words my server connection won't recognise the AO3 website and allow me to view it.
Lizzy
Newport, United Kingdom • 1 years agoGetting privacy error and being blocked as 'tasteless', whatever that means.
Lizzy
Newport, United Kingdom • 1 years agoGetting privacy error. Am aware they've had an DDoS attack. No idea when it'll be back up.
Virginia
Lawton, United States • 1 years agoRetry later error
jonathan
Calgary, Canada • 2 years agoit's only a black screen saying "try again later"
Disgruntled reader
Albemarle, United States of America • 2 years agoCloudflare not verifying my browser. Keeps sending me back to the “Shields Up” page.
Samantha
Upperlands, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland • 2 years agoWhy is Archive of our own not working for me but for others?