Hotjar Outage History

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Hotjar had 7 outages in the last 2 years totaling 80h 47m of downtime — averaging 0.3 incidents per month.

There were 7 Hotjar outages since November 14, 2025 totaling 80h 47m of downtime. Each is summarised below — incident details, duration, and resolution information.

Source: https://status.hotjar.com

Notice September 4, 2026

Data collection paused for some customers

Detected by Pingoru
Sep 04, 2026, 02:23 PM UTC
Resolved
Sep 04, 2026, 06:03 PM UTC
Duration
3h 40m
Timeline · 3 updates
  1. identified Sep 04, 2026, 02:23 PM UTC

    Some accounts may experience a temporary pause in Hotjar Session Recordings and see tag verification warnings. The issue has been identified and a fix is being implemented.

  2. monitoring Sep 04, 2026, 03:42 PM UTC

    A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the results.

  3. resolved Sep 04, 2026, 06:03 PM UTC

    This incident has been resolved, and data is collecting as normal.

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Notice June 10, 2026

Missing VOC Responses

Detected by Pingoru
Jun 10, 2026, 09:07 AM UTC
Resolved
Jun 10, 2026, 09:07 AM UTC
Duration
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Affected: insights.hotjar.com
Timeline · 1 update
  1. resolved Jun 12, 2026, 09:07 AM UTC

    We experienced a temporary issue where some VOC responses may not have been captured between 12:00 UTC and 14:20 UTC on June 10th. System performance has since returned to normal.

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Notice January 27, 2026

Potential login issues to Hotjar

Detected by Pingoru
Jan 27, 2026, 08:53 PM UTC
Resolved
Jan 28, 2026, 01:12 PM UTC
Duration
16h 18m
Timeline · 2 updates
  1. monitoring Jan 27, 2026, 08:53 PM UTC

    On 22nd January 9.30am UTC we deployed a change that meant users who: - Created a Contentsquare Account - Were then invited to a Hotjar Account Would be unable to login to the Hotjar Account due to a bug on the login process. On 27th January 5pm UTC, we deployed a change to undo the root cause and we are resolving the issue for the mistakenly locked accounts.

  2. resolved Jan 28, 2026, 01:12 PM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

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Minor January 20, 2026

Surveys not opening in Hotjar application

Detected by Pingoru
Jan 20, 2026, 08:07 AM UTC
Resolved
Jan 20, 2026, 09:07 AM UTC
Duration
59m
Affected: insights.hotjar.com
Timeline · 2 updates
  1. investigating Jan 20, 2026, 08:07 AM UTC

    We are currently investigating this issue.

  2. resolved Jan 20, 2026, 09:07 AM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

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Minor November 14, 2025

Heatmaps: Issues Generating New Screenshots

Detected by Pingoru
Nov 14, 2025, 08:46 PM UTC
Resolved
Nov 17, 2025, 08:34 AM UTC
Duration
2d 11h
Timeline · 3 updates
  1. investigating Nov 14, 2025, 08:46 PM UTC

    We are experiencing loading issues with Heatmaps & Z onings when creating new screenshots or when providing screenshot suggestions. Our team is currently investigating. Manual screenshots can be used as workaround for both Heatmaps and Zonings while we are fixing the issue.

  2. monitoring Nov 15, 2025, 08:46 PM UTC

    We’ve identified the issue and deployed a fix. We’re currently monitoring the results to ensure everything is stable.

  3. resolved Nov 17, 2025, 08:34 AM UTC

    This incident is resolved, and Heatmaps are working as normal.

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