Wikimedia incident

www.wikipedia.org portal unavailable on some locations

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Wikimedia experienced a major incident on February 28, 2025 affecting Reading, lasting 1h 20m. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.

Started
Feb 28, 2025, 09:36 AM UTC
Resolved
Feb 28, 2025, 10:57 AM UTC
Duration
1h 20m
Detected by Pingoru
Feb 28, 2025, 09:36 AM UTC

Affected components

Reading

Update timeline

  1. investigating Feb 28, 2025, 09:36 AM UTC

    We are aware that many users are having trouble accessing the portal www.wikipedia.org for excessive redirects, and we are investigating.

  2. identified Feb 28, 2025, 09:57 AM UTC

    The issue has been identified and a fix is being implemented.

  3. monitoring Feb 28, 2025, 10:36 AM UTC

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

  4. resolved Feb 28, 2025, 10:57 AM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.