Wikimedia incident

Wikipedia and other sites slow or unavailable

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Wikimedia experienced a major incident on August 25, 2026 affecting Reading and Editing, lasting 1h 31m. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.

Started
Aug 25, 2026, 06:24 PM UTC
Resolved
Aug 25, 2026, 07:56 PM UTC
Duration
1h 31m
Detected by Pingoru
Aug 25, 2026, 06:24 PM UTC

Affected components

ReadingEditing

Update timeline

  1. investigating Aug 25, 2026, 06:24 PM UTC

    We are aware that many users are having trouble accessing Wikipedia and other Wikimedia sites, and we are investigating.

  2. monitoring Aug 25, 2026, 07:33 PM UTC

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

  3. resolved Aug 25, 2026, 07:56 PM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.