mastodon.social incident

DDoS

Minor Resolved View vendor source →
Started
Apr 20, 2026, 10:58 AM UTC
Resolved
Apr 20, 2026, 10:58 AM UTC
Duration
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Detected by Pingoru
Apr 20, 2026, 10:58 AM UTC

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  1. resolved Apr 20, 2026, 10:58 AM UTC

    Type: Incident Duration: 21 hours and 15 minutes Affected Components: Website & API, Background queues Apr 20, 10:58:33 GMT+0 - Investigating - We are currently experiencing a DDoS attack. We are actively investigating the issue. Apr 20, 13:05:28 GMT+0 - Monitoring - We have implemented countermeasure against the DDoS attack, and the site is accessible. We are continuing to monitor the situation. Apr 21, 08:13:37 GMT+0 - Resolved - The attacks seem to have stopped, all operations have returned to normal.

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