Wikimedia Outage History

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Pingoru has recorded 51 incidents for Wikimedia: 16 in the last 12 months and 4 in the last 90 days.

Source: wikimediastatus.net

51incidents recorded
16last 12 months
4last 90 days
12 hourstypical duration
Incidents per month
012AprMayJunJulAugSepOctNov0
Share of hours with an open incident, any severity
0%50%100%AprMayJunJulAugSepOctNov0%
Pingoru began tracking Wikimedia in April 2026, so earlier months are not shown. Hover a bar for its value.
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MonthIncidentsHours with an open incident
April 202610 of 720 (0%)
May 202600 of 744 (0%)
June 202600 of 720 (0%)
July 2026224 of 744 (3%)
August 202612 of 744 (0%)
September 202612 of 720 (0%)
October 202620 of 744 (0%)
November 202600 of 274 (0%)

Incidents, newest first

Notice October 28, 2026 Wikimedia API is unavailable 1h 45m Reading, Editing

Started Oct 28, 2026, 04:55 AM UTC· resolved Oct 28, 2026, 06:41 AM UTC

  1. investigating Oct 28, 2026, 04:55 AM UTC

    We are currently investigating this issue.

  2. investigating Oct 28, 2026, 04:56 AM UTC

    We are continuing to investigate this issue.

  3. investigating Oct 28, 2026, 04:58 AM UTC

    We are continuing to investigate this issue.

  4. monitoring Oct 28, 2026, 06:13 AM UTC

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

  5. monitoring Oct 28, 2026, 06:23 AM UTC

    We are continuing to monitor for any further issues.

  6. resolved Oct 28, 2026, 06:41 AM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

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Notice October 22, 2026 Maintenance 5d 1h

Started Oct 22, 2026, 03:56 PM UTC· resolved Oct 27, 2026, 05:36 PM UTC

  1. investigating Oct 22, 2026, 03:56 PM UTC

    Many community-owned tools are temporarily offline. This is a precaution due to the recent software security incident in the PHP programming language. Learn more at https://diff.wikimedia.org/2026/10/21/impact-of-php-vulnerabilities-on-wikimedia-cloud-services/

  2. identified Oct 22, 2026, 03:56 PM UTC

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

  3. resolved Oct 27, 2026, 05:36 PM UTC

    Cloud Services functionality is mostly restored. Further updates will be provided via the Wikitech page. (https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Incidents/2026-10-21_PHP_security_update/Community)

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Critical September 23, 2026 Service disruption 1h 47m Reading, Editing

Started Sep 23, 2026, 05:26 PM UTC· resolved Sep 23, 2026, 07:13 PM UTC

  1. investigating Sep 23, 2026, 05:26 PM UTC

    We are currently investigating this issue.

  2. investigating Sep 23, 2026, 05:26 PM UTC

    We are currently investigating this issue.

  3. monitoring Sep 23, 2026, 05:42 PM UTC

    We are aware that many users had trouble accessing Wikipedia and other Wikimedia sites. We experienced a power failure and have moved services over to a different data center. Services should be restoring.

  4. monitoring Sep 23, 2026, 06:48 PM UTC

    Services are in the process of coming up. We will update this page when resolved

  5. resolved Sep 23, 2026, 07:13 PM UTC

    Services are back up. We are continuing to monitor.

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Major August 25, 2026 Wikipedia and other sites slow or unavailable 1h 31m Reading, Editing

Started Aug 25, 2026, 06:24 PM UTC· resolved Aug 25, 2026, 07:56 PM UTC

  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.

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Minor July 30, 2026 Connectivity issues from Russia 1d Reading

Started Jul 30, 2026, 10:08 AM UTC· resolved Jul 31, 2026, 10:09 AM UTC

  1. monitoring Jul 30, 2026, 10:08 AM UTC

    There are reports of connectivity issues from Russia outside of our control. The issues mostly affect image and media serving.

  2. resolved Jul 31, 2026, 10:09 AM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

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Major July 1, 2026 Ongoing network outage, users might be unable to reach the wikis 4m

Started Jul 01, 2026, 02:44 PM UTC· resolved Jul 01, 2026, 02:48 PM UTC

  1. investigating Jul 01, 2026, 02:44 PM UTC

    We are currently investigating this issue.

  2. investigating Jul 01, 2026, 02:45 PM UTC

    The outage is currently recovering at 14:45 UTC

  3. investigating Jul 01, 2026, 02:47 PM UTC

    We are continuing to investigate this issue.

  4. resolved Jul 01, 2026, 02:48 PM UTC

    The impact is resolved, we are monitoring the site health.

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Notice April 2, 2026 Wikipedia and other wikis reporting errors with edits 3h 9m Editing

Started Apr 02, 2026, 11:17 AM UTC· resolved Apr 02, 2026, 02:27 PM UTC

  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.

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Minor March 5, 2026 Wikis were in read only mode 8h 28m Reading, Editing

Started Mar 05, 2026, 03:36 PM UTC· resolved Mar 06, 2026, 12:05 AM UTC

  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.

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Minor March 3, 2026 Edits to Wikipedia and other wikis are delayed 14m Editing

Started Mar 03, 2026, 10:09 AM UTC· resolved Mar 03, 2026, 10:24 AM UTC

  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.

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Major February 26, 2026 Issues and degraded performance accessing Wikis 32m Reading, Editing

Started Feb 26, 2026, 04:25 PM UTC· resolved Feb 26, 2026, 04:58 PM UTC

  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.

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Major February 25, 2026 Issues and degraded performance accessing Wikis 43m Reading

Started Feb 25, 2026, 04:40 PM UTC· resolved Feb 25, 2026, 05:24 PM UTC

  1. investigating Feb 25, 2026, 04:40 PM UTC

    We are currently investigating this issue.

  2. resolved Feb 25, 2026, 05:24 PM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

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Minor February 20, 2026 Issues and slow down in Europe 4h 29m Reading

Started Feb 20, 2026, 07:03 PM UTC· resolved Feb 20, 2026, 11:33 PM UTC

  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.

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Notice January 26, 2026 Issues accessing wikis for some users – Reading, Editing

Started Jan 26, 2026, 12:19 AM UTC· resolved Jan 26, 2026, 12:19 AM UTC

  1. resolved Jan 26, 2026, 12:19 AM UTC

    A network interruption impacted some users accessing the wikis

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Notice December 23, 2025 Increase of wiki errors. 3h 13m Reading, Editing

Started Dec 23, 2025, 10:03 AM UTC· resolved Dec 23, 2025, 01:16 PM UTC

  1. investigating Dec 23, 2025, 10:03 AM UTC

    We are currently investigating an increased amount of errors with some wikis.

  2. monitoring Dec 23, 2025, 11:30 AM UTC

    The issue seems to be recovered - we are still monitoring.

  3. resolved Dec 23, 2025, 01:16 PM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

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Major December 3, 2025 Trouble with some wikis 47m Reading, Editing

Started Dec 03, 2025, 05:36 PM UTC· resolved Dec 03, 2025, 06:24 PM UTC

  1. investigating Dec 03, 2025, 05:36 PM UTC

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

  2. monitoring Dec 03, 2025, 05:44 PM UTC

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

  3. resolved Dec 03, 2025, 06:24 PM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

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Minor November 15, 2025 Trouble with images and thumbnails 39m Reading, Editing

Started Nov 15, 2025, 12:00 AM UTC· resolved Nov 15, 2025, 12:40 AM UTC

  1. investigating Nov 15, 2025, 12:00 AM UTC

    We are currently investigating this issue.

  2. identified Nov 15, 2025, 12:15 AM UTC

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

  3. monitoring Nov 15, 2025, 12:24 AM UTC

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

  4. resolved Nov 15, 2025, 12:40 AM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

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Notice November 6, 2025 Trouble with some wikis –

Started Nov 06, 2025, 11:10 AM UTC· resolved Nov 06, 2025, 11:10 AM UTC

  1. resolved Nov 06, 2025, 11:10 AM UTC

    We are aware of issues with accessing some wikis. Some wikimedia sites failed to load with a 429 error for some users.

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Notice October 8, 2025 Connectivity issues for EMEA users 17m Reading, Editing

Started Oct 08, 2025, 09:09 AM UTC· resolved Oct 08, 2025, 09:27 AM UTC

  1. monitoring Oct 08, 2025, 09:09 AM UTC

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

  2. resolved Oct 08, 2025, 09:27 AM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

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Notice October 3, 2025 Availability issues with wikis 16m Reading, Editing

Started Oct 03, 2025, 07:31 AM UTC· resolved Oct 03, 2025, 07:47 AM UTC

  1. investigating Oct 03, 2025, 07:31 AM UTC

    We are currently investigating this issue.

  2. monitoring Oct 03, 2025, 07:40 AM UTC

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

  3. resolved Oct 03, 2025, 07:47 AM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

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Notice October 1, 2025 Trouble with images and thumbnails 41m Reading

Started Oct 01, 2025, 12:22 PM UTC· resolved Oct 01, 2025, 01:03 PM UTC

  1. investigating Oct 01, 2025, 12:22 PM UTC

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

  2. identified Oct 01, 2025, 12:23 PM UTC

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

  3. monitoring Oct 01, 2025, 12:42 PM UTC

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

  4. resolved Oct 01, 2025, 01:03 PM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

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Major September 19, 2025 Trouble with some wikis, editing unavailable on enwiki 1h 24m Reading, Editing

Started Sep 19, 2025, 05:08 PM UTC· resolved Sep 19, 2025, 06:32 PM UTC

  1. investigating Sep 19, 2025, 05:08 PM UTC

    We are aware of issues with accessing some wikis, particularly enwiki, and we are investigating. At this time, edits to enwiki are unavailable, and read operations across all wikis may be degraded.

  2. identified Sep 19, 2025, 05:25 PM UTC

    We have identified an issue impacting the enwiki database primary and continue to investigate. Edits should once again be available for enwiki, and read operations across wikis should no longer be degraded.

  3. monitoring Sep 19, 2025, 05:51 PM UTC

    We are continuing to monitor and investigate potential triggers.

  4. resolved Sep 19, 2025, 06:32 PM UTC

    This incident has resolved and we are investigating follow-up actions to prevent its recurrence in the future.

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Major September 11, 2025 API availability issues 32m Editing

Started Sep 11, 2025, 10:03 AM UTC· resolved Sep 11, 2025, 10:36 AM UTC

  1. investigating Sep 11, 2025, 10:03 AM UTC

    We have noticed an increase in 500 errors from our internal and external APIs. We are investigating the cause

  2. investigating Sep 11, 2025, 10:15 AM UTC

    We are continuing to investigate this issue.

  3. monitoring Sep 11, 2025, 10:15 AM UTC

    A hardware failure has been identified and mitigated, we are monitoring the situation.

  4. resolved Sep 11, 2025, 10:36 AM UTC

    All APIs are operational.

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Major July 2, 2025 Increased error rates on all wikis 1h 11m Reading, Editing

Started Jul 02, 2025, 02:00 PM UTC· resolved Jul 02, 2025, 03:12 PM UTC

  1. investigating Jul 02, 2025, 02:00 PM UTC

    We are investigating an issue affecting reading and editing on all wikis

  2. identified Jul 02, 2025, 02:21 PM UTC

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

  3. identified Jul 02, 2025, 02:36 PM UTC

    Commons API is unavailable

  4. monitoring Jul 02, 2025, 02:57 PM UTC

    A fix has been implemented, and reads and edits are recovering.

  5. monitoring Jul 02, 2025, 02:58 PM UTC

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

  6. resolved Jul 02, 2025, 03:12 PM UTC

    Incident resolved, editing at normal levels.

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Major June 23, 2025 Trouble with some images 25m Reading

Started Jun 23, 2025, 11:50 AM UTC· resolved Jun 23, 2025, 12:15 PM UTC

  1. identified Jun 23, 2025, 11:50 AM UTC

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

  2. monitoring Jun 23, 2025, 12:00 PM UTC

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

  3. resolved Jun 23, 2025, 12:15 PM UTC

    This incident has been resolved

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Major June 2, 2025 Captcha-protected actions on all wikis are not working 44m Editing

Started Jun 02, 2025, 11:32 AM UTC· resolved Jun 02, 2025, 12:17 PM UTC

  1. identified Jun 02, 2025, 11:32 AM UTC

    We are working on a fix.

  2. resolved Jun 02, 2025, 12:17 PM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

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