Stack Overflow Outage History

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There were 5 Stack Overflow outages since April 27, 2026 totaling 42h 2m of downtime. Each is summarised below — incident details, duration, and resolution information.

Source: https://www.stackstatus.com

Minor April 30, 2026

SSH Connectivity - Resolved

Detected by Pingoru
Apr 30, 2026, 12:50 PM UTC
Resolved
Apr 30, 2026, 12:50 PM UTC
Duration
Timeline · 1 update
  1. resolved Apr 30, 2026, 12:50 PM UTC

    Incident Update: Our system administrators have now resolved the previous issue with SSH. We apologise for any inconvenience caused.

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Minor April 30, 2026

SSH Connectivity - UK

Detected by Pingoru
Apr 30, 2026, 12:50 PM UTC
Resolved
Apr 30, 2026, 04:10 PM UTC
Duration
3h 20m
Timeline · 1 update
  1. monitoring Apr 30, 2026, 12:18 PM UTC

    Incident: We're aware of issues with SSH connectivity to hosting packages in the UK at the moment. Our system administration team are looking into this now, and we will provide a further update shortly.

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Minor April 27, 2026

Database Connectivity

Detected by Pingoru
Apr 27, 2026, 01:51 PM UTC
Resolved
Apr 28, 2026, 09:08 AM UTC
Duration
19h 16m
Timeline · 1 update
  1. monitoring Apr 27, 2026, 01:43 PM UTC

    Incident: We're aware of intermittent database connectivity on some shared hosting database instances. Our System Administrators are currently investigating, and updates will be provided as we have more information available.

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Minor April 27, 2026

Database Connectivity - Resolved

Detected by Pingoru
Apr 27, 2026, 01:51 PM UTC
Resolved
Apr 27, 2026, 01:51 PM UTC
Duration
Timeline · 1 update
  1. resolved Apr 27, 2026, 01:51 PM UTC

    Incident Update: The issue has now been resolved by our system administrators, and all affected services are operating normally.

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Minor April 27, 2026

Database Connectivity - Update

Detected by Pingoru
Apr 27, 2026, 01:43 PM UTC
Resolved
Apr 28, 2026, 09:08 AM UTC
Duration
19h 24m
Timeline · 1 update
  1. monitoring Apr 27, 2026, 01:43 PM UTC

    Incident Update: Our system administrators have identified the issue and are currently working on a fix. This incident affects the following hosts: sdb-55.hosting.stackcp.net, sdb-56.hosting.stackcp.net, sdb-57.hosting.stackcp.net, sdb-58.hosting.stackcp.net, wpdb-27.hosting.stackcp.net, and wpdb-28.hosting.stackcp.net.

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