Kickstarter incident

Investigating intermittent issues with areas of the site

Major Resolved View vendor source →

Kickstarter experienced a major incident on August 5, 2025 affecting Kickstarter.com, lasting 3h 26m. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.

Started
Aug 05, 2025, 06:45 PM UTC
Resolved
Aug 05, 2025, 10:12 PM UTC
Duration
3h 26m
Detected by Pingoru
Aug 05, 2025, 06:45 PM UTC

Affected components

Kickstarter.com

Update timeline

  1. investigating Aug 05, 2025, 06:45 PM UTC

    We're investigating elevated error rates and areas of slow site performance. Thanks for your patience while we look into this!

  2. monitoring Aug 05, 2025, 06:56 PM UTC

    A fix has been implemented and we're standing by to make sure everything runs smoothly.

  3. resolved Aug 05, 2025, 10:12 PM UTC

    All-clear! We've been monitoring the site and everything looks good. Sorry for any trouble.