Wikimedia Outage History

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There were 5 Wikimedia outages since February 20, 2026 totaling 16h 55m of downtime. Each is summarised below — incident details, duration, and resolution information.

Source: https://www.wikimediastatus.net

Notice April 2, 2026

Wikipedia and other wikis reporting errors with edits

Detected by Pingoru
Apr 02, 2026, 11:17 AM UTC
Resolved
Apr 02, 2026, 02:27 PM UTC
Duration
3h 9m
Affected: Editing
Timeline · 2 updates
  1. investigating Apr 02, 2026, 11:17 AM UTC

    We are currently investigating an issue which is causing a number of edits to Wiki's to fail. Investigation continuing and updates to follow.

  2. resolved Apr 02, 2026, 02:27 PM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

Read the full incident report →

Minor March 5, 2026

Wikis were in read only mode

Detected by Pingoru
Mar 05, 2026, 03:36 PM UTC
Resolved
Mar 06, 2026, 12:05 AM UTC
Duration
8h 28m
Affected: ReadingEditing
Timeline · 6 updates
  1. investigating Mar 05, 2026, 03:36 PM UTC

    We are aware of issues with accessing some wikis, and we are investigating.

  2. identified Mar 05, 2026, 04:11 PM UTC

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

  3. identified Mar 05, 2026, 05:09 PM UTC

    Wikis are back in read write mode, but some functionalities are still disabled

  4. 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.

  5. monitoring Mar 05, 2026, 06:36 PM UTC

    We are continuing to monitor for any further issues.

  6. 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.

Read the full incident report →

Minor March 3, 2026

Edits to Wikipedia and other wikis are delayed

Detected by Pingoru
Mar 03, 2026, 10:09 AM UTC
Resolved
Mar 03, 2026, 10:24 AM UTC
Duration
14m
Affected: Editing
Timeline · 3 updates
  1. identified Mar 03, 2026, 10:09 AM UTC

    We have discovered an issue with our database servers and are working on a fix.

  2. monitoring Mar 03, 2026, 10:17 AM UTC

    We think we have fixed the database issue, but we are watching to make sure.

  3. resolved Mar 03, 2026, 10:24 AM UTC

    Everything is back to normal.

Read the full incident report →

Major February 26, 2026

Issues and degraded performance accessing Wikis

Detected by Pingoru
Feb 26, 2026, 04:25 PM UTC
Resolved
Feb 26, 2026, 04:58 PM UTC
Duration
32m
Affected: ReadingEditing
Timeline · 2 updates
  1. monitoring Feb 26, 2026, 04:25 PM UTC

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

  2. resolved Feb 26, 2026, 04:58 PM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

Read the full incident report →

Minor February 20, 2026

Issues and slow down in Europe

Detected by Pingoru
Feb 20, 2026, 07:03 PM UTC
Resolved
Feb 20, 2026, 11:33 PM UTC
Duration
4h 29m
Affected: Reading
Timeline · 4 updates
  1. investigating Feb 20, 2026, 07:03 PM UTC

    We are currently investigating this issue.

  2. identified Feb 20, 2026, 07:28 PM UTC

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

  3. monitoring Feb 20, 2026, 07:44 PM UTC

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

  4. resolved Feb 20, 2026, 11:33 PM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

Read the full incident report →

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