Reddit incident
Search experience and subreddit experience is degraded
Reddit experienced a notice incident on May 5, 2026, lasting 34m. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.
Update timeline
- investigating May 05, 2026, 11:44 PM UTC
We are currently investigating an issue which has caused bad search and subreddit feed experience
- identified May 05, 2026, 11:45 PM UTC
We have identified the issue and a fix is being implemented.
- monitoring May 06, 2026, 12:03 AM UTC
A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the results.
- resolved May 06, 2026, 12:18 AM UTC
This incident has been resolved.
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