Wikimedia experienced a minor incident on March 5, 2026 affecting Reading and Editing, lasting 8h 28m. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.
Affected components
ReadingEditing
Update timeline
- investigating Mar 05, 2026, 03:36 PM UTC
We are aware of issues with accessing some wikis, and we are investigating.
- identified Mar 05, 2026, 04:11 PM UTC
The issue has been identified and a fix is being implemented.
- identified Mar 05, 2026, 05:09 PM UTC
Wikis are back in read write mode, but some functionalities are still disabled
- monitoring Mar 05, 2026, 05:36 PM UTC
A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the results. Some editing functionality will still be disabled.
- monitoring Mar 05, 2026, 06:36 PM UTC
We are continuing to monitor for any further issues.
- resolved Mar 06, 2026, 12:05 AM UTC
Wikis have been read-write for several hours, and we have now restored most user scripting capabilities.