mastodon.social Outage History

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There were 3 mastodon.social outages since February 25, 2026 totaling 20h 5m of downtime. Each is summarised below — incident details, duration, and resolution information.

Source: https://status.mastodon.social

Major April 23, 2026

DDoS attack in progress

Detected by Pingoru
Apr 23, 2026, 09:48 AM UTC
Resolved
Apr 24, 2026, 05:54 AM UTC
Duration
20h 5m
Affected: mastodon.socialWebsite & APIBackground queuesMedia storageStreaming API
Timeline · 4 updates
  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. monitoring Apr 23, 2026, 10:40 AM UTC

    The attack seems to have stopped. We are continuing to monitor the situation.

  4. resolved Apr 24, 2026, 05:54 AM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

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Minor April 20, 2026

DDoS

Detected by Pingoru
Apr 20, 2026, 10:58 AM UTC
Resolved
Apr 20, 2026, 10:58 AM UTC
Duration
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Timeline · 1 update
  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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Major February 25, 2026

Hetzner Outage

Detected by Pingoru
Feb 25, 2026, 09:08 PM UTC
Resolved
Feb 25, 2026, 09:08 PM UTC
Duration
—
Timeline · 1 update
  1. resolved Feb 25, 2026, 09:08 PM UTC

    Type: Incident Duration: 27 minutes Affected Components: Website & API, Streaming API, Background queues Feb 25, 21:08:32 GMT+0 - Investigating - Hetzner, our cloud provider, appears to be having a significant outage, leaving many of our resources unavailable. We are monitoring the issue. Feb 25, 21:16:30 GMT+0 - Monitoring - Services have been restored and Hetzner connectivity seems to have returned. Will continue to monitor the situation. Feb 25, 21:35:12 GMT+0 - Resolved - This incident has been resolved.

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