mastodon.social incident
DDoS attack in progress
Major Resolved
Affected components
mastodon.socialWebsite & APIBackground queuesMedia storageStreaming API
Update timeline
- identified Apr 23, 2026, 09:48 AM UTC
We are (again) targeted by a DDoS attack and [mastodon.social](http://mastodon.social) may not be available while we mitigate it.
- monitoring Apr 23, 2026, 10:05 AM UTC
We have enabled DDoS protection methods, and services is mostly restored. We still continue to monitor the situation.
- monitoring Apr 23, 2026, 10:40 AM UTC
The attack seems to have stopped. We are continuing to monitor the situation.
- resolved Apr 24, 2026, 05:54 AM UTC
This incident has been resolved.
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