Wattpad experienced a critical incident on October 20, 2025 affecting General Wattpad Usability, lasting 22h 43m. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.
Affected components
General Wattpad Usability
Update timeline
- 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!
- 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.
- resolved Oct 21, 2025, 12:33 PM UTC
This incident has been resolved.