DreamHost Outage History

DreamHost had 11 outages in the last 2 years totaling 33h 43m of downtime — averaging 0.5 incidents per month.

There were 11 DreamHost outages since May 8, 2026 totaling 33h 43m of downtime. Each is summarised below — incident details, duration, and resolution information.

Source: https://www.dreamhoststatus.com

Major August 18, 2026

Remixer Hosting: Service Disruption

Detected by Pingoru: Aug 18, 2026, 04:55 PM UTC
Resolved: Aug 18, 2026, 07:48 PM UTC
Duration: 2h 53m

Affected: Web ServicesWeb Services (Remixer Hosting)

Timeline · 3 updates

investigating Aug 18, 2026, 04:55 PM UTC

Our operations team is currently investigating a service disruption affecting the Remixer Hosting service. including generations and updates. We’re working to identify the cause and will share updates as soon as we have more information. We’re sorry for the disruption and appreciate your patience.
identified Aug 18, 2026, 06:42 PM UTC

Our Operations team has identified the cause of the disruption affecting the Remixer Hosting service. We’re actively working on a fix and will continue to share updates as progress is made. Thanks for your patience while we work through this.
monitoring Aug 18, 2026, 07:05 PM UTC

Our operations team has implemented a fix for the Remixer Hosting service disruption and is monitoring the situation to ensure services remain stable. We’ll share another update once we’re confident everything is fully resolved.

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Minor August 14, 2026

Emergency Network Maintenance – PDX Dedicated Server Rack

Detected by Pingoru: Aug 14, 2026, 06:48 PM UTC
Resolved: Aug 14, 2026, 07:24 PM UTC
Duration: 36m

Affected: Web ServicesWeb Services (Dedicated Server Hosting)

Timeline · 2 updates

identified Aug 14, 2026, 06:48 PM UTC

We're performing emergency network maintenance affecting dedicated servers in a rack within our PDX / West Coast data center. We've identified an issue with a secondary network switch that is causing intermittent packet loss and need to reboot the switch to restore normal network traffic. What to expect: Dedicated servers connected to the affected rack may experience a brief interruption in network connectivity while the switch is restarted. Connectivity should recover automatically once the switch is back online. No action is needed on your end. You can confirm which data center your server is located in from the DreamHost panel: https://panel.dreamhost.com/index.cgi?tree=support.dc
identified Aug 14, 2026, 07:02 PM UTC

Emergency maintenance is now underway for affected dedicated servers in our PDX / West Coast data center. Affected servers may experience approximately 15–20 minutes of downtime while the network equipment is rebooted and connectivity is restored. Services should recover automatically once the maintenance is complete. No action is required on your end.

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Major August 7, 2026

DreamHost Web Panel: Service Disruption

Detected by Pingoru: Aug 07, 2026, 01:39 PM UTC
Resolved: Aug 07, 2026, 02:47 PM UTC
Duration: 1h 8m

Affected: Internal ServicesInternal Services (DreamHost Web Panel)

Timeline · 3 updates

investigating Aug 07, 2026, 01:39 PM UTC

Our Operations team is currently investigating connectivity issues affecting the DreamHost Web Panel (https://panel.dreamhost.com/). We‘re working to identify the cause and will share updates as soon as we have more information. We’re sorry for the disruption and appreciate your patience.
identified Aug 07, 2026, 02:02 PM UTC

Our Operations team has identified the cause of the disruption affecting the DreamHost Web Panel. We’re actively working on a fix and will continue to share updates as progress is made. Thanks for your patience while we work through this.
monitoring Aug 07, 2026, 02:26 PM UTC

Our Operations team has implemented a fix for the DreamHost Web Panel connectivity issues and is monitoring the situation to ensure that the account panel remains stable. We’ll share another update once we’re confident everything is fully resolved.

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Major August 5, 2026

Remixer AI service disruption

Detected by Pingoru: Aug 05, 2026, 03:31 PM UTC
Resolved: Aug 05, 2026, 04:13 PM UTC
Duration: 42m

Affected: Web ServicesWeb Services (Remixer Hosting)

Timeline · 2 updates

investigating Aug 05, 2026, 03:31 PM UTC

Our engineers are currently investigating an issue affecting connectivity to Remixer AI. This is directly impacting prompt generation and causing processing failures. We will continue to post updates as more information becomes available.
monitoring Aug 05, 2026, 03:39 PM UTC

Our Technical Operations team has located the cause of the instability affecting the Remixer service and implemented a resolution. We are currently monitoring all impacted servers for continued stability.

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Minor July 29, 2026

Email Hosting: Service Disruption

Detected by Pingoru: Jul 29, 2026, 03:52 PM UTC
Resolved: Jul 30, 2026, 02:56 AM UTC
Duration: 11h 4m

Affected: Email ServicesEmail Services (Webmail Interface)

Timeline · 3 updates

investigating Jul 29, 2026, 03:52 PM UTC

Our Operations team is currently investigating issues affecting webmail services. We’re working to identify the cause and will share updates as soon as we have more information. We’re sorry for the disruption and appreciate your patience.
identified Jul 29, 2026, 04:59 PM UTC

Our Technical Operations team have identified the cause of the issue impacting mail services and have implemented a resolution. Services have largely been restored, and we are continuing to monitor performance to ensure stability. We’ll share additional updates here as they become available.
monitoring Jul 29, 2026, 09:57 PM UTC

Our Operations team has implemented a fix for the Email service disruption and is monitoring the situation to ensure services remain stable. We’ll share another update once we’re confident everything is fully resolved.

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Major July 23, 2026

BunnyCDN Service Disruption

Detected by Pingoru: Jul 23, 2026, 03:18 AM UTC
Resolved: Jul 23, 2026, 04:53 AM UTC
Duration: 1h 34m

Affected: Web ServicesWeb Services (Web Hosting)Web Services (Managed VPS Hosting)Web Services (DreamPress Hosting)Web Services (Dedicated Server Hosting)

Timeline · 3 updates

investigating Jul 23, 2026, 03:18 AM UTC

Our Engineering team is currently investigating a service disruption affecting Bunny CDN services. 504 Gateway timeout errors are appearing for websites using BunnyCDN. We’re working to identify the cause and will share updates as soon as we have more information. We’re sorry for the disruption and appreciate your patience.
investigating Jul 23, 2026, 04:25 AM UTC

Our Operations team has implemented a fix for the connectivity issues with BunnyCDN services and is monitoring the situation to ensure services remain stable. We’ll share another update once we’re confident everything is fully resolved. Thanks again for your patience while we worked to resolve this.
monitoring Jul 23, 2026, 04:26 AM UTC

Our Operations team has implemented a fix for the connectivity issues with BunnyCDN services and is monitoring the situation to ensure services remain stable. We’ll share another update once we’re confident everything is fully resolved. Thanks again for your patience while we worked to resolve this.

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Minor July 22, 2026

Connectivity issues accross our services

Detected by Pingoru: Jul 22, 2026, 10:41 PM UTC
Resolved: Jul 23, 2026, 01:18 AM UTC
Duration: 2h 37m

Affected: Web ServicesWeb Services (PHPMyAdmin Interface)Internal ServicesInternal Services (DreamHost Web Panel)

Timeline · 2 updates

investigating Jul 22, 2026, 10:41 PM UTC

Our System Administrators are currently investigating an issue causing connectivity problems across multiple services. This may affect changes made through the panel, preventing them from completing successfully. We apologize for any inconvenience and will provide updates as more information becomes available.
monitoring Jul 22, 2026, 11:19 PM UTC

Our System Administrators have identified the root cause of the issue, a network misconfiguration. A fix has been deployed, and we are actively monitoring the system to confirm everything is functioning as expected.

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Major July 18, 2026

Emergency Maintenance on iad1-a7

Detected by Pingoru: Jul 18, 2026, 12:50 AM UTC
Resolved: Jul 18, 2026, 01:45 AM UTC
Duration: 55m

Affected: Web ServicesWeb Services (Web Hosting)Web Services (Dedicated Server Hosting)

Timeline · 2 updates

identified Jul 18, 2026, 12:50 AM UTC

Our team is performing some emergency maintenance on the iad1-a7 network of servers. Connectivity may be intermittent during this time.
monitoring Jul 18, 2026, 01:10 AM UTC

Our team has completed the Emergency maintenance and is currently monitoring the situation to ensure that we’re fully in the clear.

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Minor July 16, 2026

Emergency Maintenance on iad1-b2

Detected by Pingoru: Jul 16, 2026, 05:36 AM UTC
Resolved: Jul 16, 2026, 06:10 AM UTC
Duration: 34m

Affected: Web ServicesWeb Services (Dedicated Server Hosting)

Timeline · 2 updates

investigating Jul 16, 2026, 05:36 AM UTC

Some Dedicated Server may get intermittent connectivity due to emergency maintenance
monitoring Jul 16, 2026, 05:56 AM UTC

Our team has completed the Emergency maintenance and is currently monitoring the situation to ensure that we’re fully in the clear.

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Minor May 25, 2026

pdx1-dppod-0002 connectivity failure

Detected by Pingoru: May 25, 2026, 01:51 AM UTC
Resolved: May 25, 2026, 08:15 AM UTC
Duration: 6h 23m

Affected: Web ServicesWeb Services (DreamPress Hosting)

Timeline · 2 updates

investigating May 25, 2026, 01:51 AM UTC

Our Engineering team is actively investigating connectivity issues to DreamPress instances hosted under pdx1-dppod-0002. We will provide additional information as it becomes available.
identified May 25, 2026, 04:22 AM UTC

Our Engineering team has identified the root cause of the connectivity issues affecting DreamPress instances on pdx1-dppod-0002 and mitigation steps are actively underway to fully restore the services. We are seeing recovery trends across the cluster and will provide a final update once full stability is confirmed.

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Minor May 8, 2026

Shared Server - Service Disruption

Detected by Pingoru: May 08, 2026, 05:52 PM UTC
Resolved: May 08, 2026, 11:04 PM UTC
Duration: 5h 12m

Affected: Web ServicesWeb Services (Web Hosting)

Timeline · 2 updates

investigating May 08, 2026, 05:52 PM UTC

We are currently investigating reports of slowness and connectivity issues affecting some shared servers within our PDX1 and IAD1 networks. Our Technical Operations team is working to pinpoint the cause and restore normal functionality as quickly as possible. We will provide further updates as more information becomes available.
monitoring May 08, 2026, 10:22 PM UTC

Our Technical Operations team has located the cause of the shared server instability and implemented a resolution. We are currently monitoring all impacted servers for continued stability.

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