Reddit incident

elevated error rates on many frontends #8256

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Reddit experienced a notice incident on April 25, 2024 affecting Desktop Web and Reddit Ads and 1 more component, lasting 49m. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.

Started
Apr 25, 2024, 04:52 PM UTC
Resolved
Apr 25, 2024, 05:42 PM UTC
Duration
49m
Detected by Pingoru
Apr 25, 2024, 04:52 PM UTC

Affected components

Desktop WebReddit AdsMobile WebNative Mobile AppsVote ProcessingComment Processing

Update timeline

  1. investigating Apr 25, 2024, 04:52 PM UTC

    An issue with a Reddit backend has impacted many users on our site. We are looking into the cause.

  2. identified Apr 25, 2024, 05:14 PM UTC

    We have identified the issue, and are remediating it; reddit.com should be back shortly.

  3. monitoring Apr 25, 2024, 05:28 PM UTC

    We have deployed a fix, and reddit is up & running again.

  4. monitoring Apr 25, 2024, 05:42 PM UTC

    We are now confident all Reddit services are available and stable.

  5. resolved Apr 25, 2024, 05:42 PM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.