Second Life Outage History

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Second Life had 30 outages in the last 2 years totaling 8901h 23m of downtime — averaging 1.2 incidents per month.

There were 30 Second Life outages since October 29, 2024 totaling 8901h 23m of downtime. Each is summarised below — incident details, duration, and resolution information.

Source: https://status.secondlifegrid.net

Major July 20, 2025

Issues with Voice Chat

Detected by Pingoru
Jul 20, 2025, 02:18 PM UTC
Resolved
Jul 20, 2025, 02:37 PM UTC
Duration
19m
Affected: Voice Chat
Timeline · 2 updates
  1. investigating Jul 20, 2025, 02:18 PM UTC

    We are aware of a disruption with our voice service and are investigating at this time. We're doing our best to resolve this issue quickly and will update you here with further information as soon as it's available. Thank you for your patience!

  2. resolved Jul 20, 2025, 02:37 PM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

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Minor June 24, 2025

Weekly Premium Stipend Delays

Detected by Pingoru
Jun 24, 2025, 05:55 PM UTC
Resolved
Jun 24, 2025, 09:56 PM UTC
Duration
4h 1m
Affected: L$ Transactions
Timeline · 2 updates
  1. investigating Jun 24, 2025, 05:55 PM UTC

    We are aware that some residents Weekly Premium Stipends have been delayed. We are in the process of getting those out. We will update this blog when that has been completed. Thank you for your patience!

  2. resolved Jun 24, 2025, 09:56 PM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

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Notice May 29, 2025

Issues with transaction receipts

Detected by Pingoru
May 29, 2025, 09:45 PM UTC
Resolved
Jun 16, 2025, 04:41 PM UTC
Duration
17d 18h
Timeline · 2 updates
  1. investigating May 29, 2025, 09:45 PM UTC

    We're currently investigating a systems issue which may have caused some Resident transaction receipts to fail to be delivered via email over the past few weeks. We're doing our best to resolve this issue quickly and will update you here with further information as soon as it's available. Thank you for your patience!

  2. resolved Jun 16, 2025, 04:41 PM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

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Minor May 2, 2025

Unscheduled Wiki Maintenance

Detected by Pingoru
May 02, 2025, 10:01 PM UTC
Resolved
Jun 16, 2025, 05:22 PM UTC
Duration
44d 19h
Affected: wiki.secondlife.com
Timeline · 3 updates
  1. monitoring May 02, 2025, 10:01 PM UTC

    We’re currently aware of an issue where the Second Life Wiki may intermittently display error messages or experience unusually long load times. Our team is actively monitoring the situation and working to identify the cause. We’ll provide updates here as soon as more information becomes available.

  2. monitoring Jun 10, 2025, 09:36 PM UTC

    We're continuing to monitor ongoing issues with wiki access. Additionally, we're also aware that a syntax highlighting plugin currently used in some wiki articles is no longer working as expected due to some system updates. We're working on a fix for this plugin, and thank you for your patience!

  3. resolved Jun 16, 2025, 05:22 PM UTC

    The issue causing long load times and intermittent error messages on the Second Life Wiki has now been resolved. Pages should be loading normally again! We’re continuing to monitor a separate issue affecting the syntax highlighting plugin used in some wiki articles. This behavior began following recent system updates, and our team is actively working on a fix. You can follow the public feedback post about this issue by visiting the link below. https://feedback.secondlife.com/web-bugs/p/urgent-sl-wiki-syntax-highlight-is-broken-and-in-world-access-via-viewer-is-down

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Minor October 29, 2024

Support Ticket Delays

Detected by Pingoru
Oct 29, 2024, 02:18 PM UTC
Resolved
Sep 02, 2025, 05:04 PM UTC
Duration
308d 2h
Affected: Case Support
Timeline · 5 updates
  1. investigating Oct 29, 2024, 02:18 PM UTC

    Our Support Department is currently experiencing an unusually high volume of support contacts, including support tickets. This has resulted in longer than normal response times for some support tickets. We are working to answer these tickets as quickly as possible, and we appreciate your patience. Please watch this blog for updates.

  2. monitoring Feb 25, 2025, 06:06 PM UTC

    Since the beginning of the year, we’ve experienced a higher volume of support tickets and system challenges that have slowed our response times. We know this isn’t what you expect from us, and we’re truly sorry for any inconvenience caused. Our team is working hard to streamline our processes and get things back to normal as quickly as possible. We’ll keep you updated on our progress. Thank you for your patience and understanding as we work through these issues.

  3. monitoring Apr 30, 2025, 10:14 PM UTC

    Our support teams have grown over the last two months and have been working hard to train quickly and streamline our processes to get things back to normal as quickly as possible. You will be seeing some new names in support contacts very soon. We’ll continue to keep you updated on our progress. We appreciate your continued patience and understanding as we work through these issues and address your needs as quickly as possible.

  4. monitoring Jul 28, 2025, 03:20 PM UTC

    We know some of you have experienced longer wait times for support, and we appreciate your continued patience. The good news: we're catching up. Our expanded team is now fully in action, and we're closing out tickets faster each week. The backlog is shrinking, and urgent issues are being prioritized. You’ll continue to see new names as more team members come online. We’re also improving our internal systems to keep things moving smoothly going forward. Thanks again for bearing with us—we’ll keep you updated as we get closer to fully normal response times.

  5. resolved Sep 02, 2025, 05:04 PM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

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