Flickr experienced a critical incident on October 20, 2025 affecting API and Camera Roll and 1 more component, lasting 15h 42m. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.
Affected components
Update timeline
- investigating Oct 20, 2025, 07:10 AM UTC
We're investigating site issues. We appreciate your patience.
- investigating Oct 20, 2025, 07:41 AM UTC
We’re sorry! Flickr is temporarily unavailable due to a major issue affecting Amazon Web Services, and we are working with them on a fix.
- monitoring Oct 20, 2025, 09:40 AM UTC
A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the results.
- monitoring Oct 20, 2025, 11:19 AM UTC
We are continuing to monitor for any further issues.
- monitoring Oct 20, 2025, 11:58 AM UTC
We are continuing to monitor for any further issues.
- monitoring Oct 20, 2025, 02:22 PM UTC
We are continuing to monitor for any further issues.
- identified Oct 20, 2025, 04:53 PM UTC
We’re sorry! Flickr is temporarily unavailable due to a major issue affecting Amazon Web Services, and we are working with them on a fix.
- identified Oct 20, 2025, 07:19 PM UTC
Flickr is back online, but we are still experiencing upload failures. We continue to investigate. Thank you for your patience.
- monitoring Oct 20, 2025, 10:07 PM UTC
A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the results.
- monitoring Oct 20, 2025, 10:52 PM UTC
We are continuing to monitor for any further issues.
- resolved Oct 20, 2025, 10:52 PM UTC
This incident has been resolved.