Wattpad Outage History

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Wattpad had 8 outages in the last 2 years totaling 376h 14m of downtime — averaging 0.3 incidents per month.

There were 8 Wattpad outages since July 8, 2025 totaling 376h 14m of downtime. Each is summarised below — incident details, duration, and resolution information.

Source: https://status.wattpad.com

Critical August 3, 2026

Missing Story Statistics

Detected by Pingoru
Aug 03, 2026, 12:24 PM UTC
Resolved
Aug 07, 2026, 03:36 PM UTC
Duration
4d 3h
Affected: Story Statistics
Timeline · 2 updates
  1. investigating Aug 03, 2026, 12:24 PM UTC

    We are currently investigating an issue that may impact story statistics - hang tight, we're working on resolving this as soon as possible. All updates will be posted here as soon as we have them!

  2. resolved Aug 07, 2026, 03:36 PM UTC

    This issue has been resolved. Thank you for your patience while we worked on it! 🎉 If you’re still having trouble with your story statistics, please submit a request to our Support team here: https://support.wattpad.com/hc/en-us/requests/new

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Critical July 19, 2026

Unable to publish a story

Detected by Pingoru
Jul 19, 2026, 09:56 AM UTC
Resolved
Jul 19, 2026, 11:39 PM UTC
Duration
13h 42m
Affected: My Works / Create Page
Timeline · 3 updates
  1. investigating Jul 19, 2026, 09:56 AM UTC

    We are currently investigating an issue that may impact publishing a story - hang tight, we're working on resolving this as soon as possible. All updates will be posted here as soon as we have them!

  2. investigating Jul 19, 2026, 11:54 AM UTC

    We are continuing to investigate this issue. As soon as we have any updates, we’ll let you know as soon as possible. Follow us on Twitter to keep updated.

  3. resolved Jul 19, 2026, 11:39 PM UTC

    This issue has been resolved. Thank you for your patience while we worked on it! 🎉 If you’re still having trouble accessing Wattpad, please submit a request to our Support team here: https://support.wattpad.com/hc/en-us/requests/new

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Critical July 16, 2026

Account loading issues - app and website

Detected by Pingoru
Jul 16, 2026, 10:00 AM UTC
Resolved
Jul 16, 2026, 12:15 PM UTC
Duration
2h 15m
Affected: General Wattpad Usability
Timeline · 2 updates
  1. investigating Jul 16, 2026, 10:00 AM UTC

    We are currently investigating an issue that may impact logging in to the app- hang tight, we're working on resolving this as soon as possible. All updates will be posted here as soon as we have them!”

  2. resolved Jul 16, 2026, 12:15 PM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

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Notice May 23, 2026

Notification Issue Across Platform

Detected by Pingoru
May 23, 2026, 03:17 PM UTC
Resolved
May 26, 2026, 12:11 PM UTC
Duration
2d 20h
Affected: Notifications
Timeline · 4 updates
  1. identified May 23, 2026, 03:17 PM UTC

    We are currently investigating an issue that may impact the notification feature across platforms - hang tight, we're working on resolving this as soon as possible. All updates will be posted here as soon as we have them!

  2. identified May 24, 2026, 12:32 PM UTC

    We are continuing to investigate this issue with the Notifications feature, which may cause delays in notifications, including story update notifications and alerts for newly published stories. As soon as we have any updates, we’ll let you know as quickly as possible.

  3. monitoring May 26, 2026, 08:05 AM UTC

    We’re seeing signs that the Notifications issue is now improving and the system is gradually returning to normal. Users should begin receiving story update notifications and alerts for newly published stories again. However, there may still be some delays while the backlog from the past few days continues to clear. Our team will keep monitoring the situation closely and we’ll continue to share updates as progress is made.

  4. resolved May 26, 2026, 12:11 PM UTC

    We’re happy to share that the notification backlog has now been fully cleared, and notifications are back to normal. Thank you so much for your patience and understanding while our team worked to resolve this issue. We truly appreciate it.

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Critical May 8, 2026

Story Statistics outage

Detected by Pingoru
May 08, 2026, 07:46 PM UTC
Resolved
May 14, 2026, 02:51 PM UTC
Duration
5d 19h
Affected: Story Statistics
Timeline · 2 updates
  1. identified May 08, 2026, 07:46 PM UTC

    We have identified an issue that impacts Story Statistics- hang tight, we're working on resolving this as soon as possible. All updates will be posted here as soon as we have them

  2. resolved May 14, 2026, 02:51 PM UTC

    The issue with Story Stastics has been resolved!

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Critical February 10, 2026

Outage

Detected by Pingoru
Feb 10, 2026, 09:26 PM UTC
Resolved
Feb 11, 2026, 03:00 AM UTC
Duration
5h 33m
Affected: General Wattpad Usability
Timeline · 2 updates
  1. investigating Feb 10, 2026, 09:26 PM UTC

    We are currently investigating an issue that may impact the general usability of Wattpad. Hang tight, we're working on resolving this as soon as possible. All updates will be posted here as soon as we have them!

  2. resolved Feb 11, 2026, 03:00 AM UTC

    This issue has been resolved, thank you for your patience while we worked on it! 🎉 If you’re still having trouble accessing Wattpad, please submit a request to our Support team here: https://support.wattpad.com/hc/en-us/requests/new

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Critical October 20, 2025

General outage

Detected by Pingoru
Oct 20, 2025, 01:50 PM UTC
Resolved
Oct 21, 2025, 12:33 PM UTC
Duration
22h 43m
Affected: General Wattpad Usability
Timeline · 3 updates
  1. investigating Oct 20, 2025, 01:50 PM UTC

    We are currently investigating an issue that may impact users on web and the app - hang tight, we're working on resolving this as soon as possible. All updates will be posted here as soon as we have them!

  2. investigating Oct 20, 2025, 07:16 PM UTC

    We are continuing to investigate this issue. As soon as we have any updates, we’ll let you know as soon as possible. Follow us on Twitter to keep updated.

  3. resolved Oct 21, 2025, 12:33 PM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

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Notice July 8, 2025

Ad skips down

Detected by Pingoru
Jul 08, 2025, 05:01 PM UTC
Resolved
Jul 09, 2025, 05:50 PM UTC
Duration
1d
Timeline · 3 updates
  1. investigating Jul 08, 2025, 05:01 PM UTC

    We are currently investigating an issue that may impact Ad skips - hang tight, we're working on resolving this as soon as possible. All updates will be posted here as soon as we have them!

  2. monitoring Jul 08, 2025, 10:26 PM UTC

    A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the results.

  3. resolved Jul 09, 2025, 05:50 PM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

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