Wordnik incident

Wordnik API (definitions) is down

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Wordnik experienced a major incident on April 4, 2026 affecting Wordnik API (definitions), lasting 27d 9h. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.

Started
Apr 04, 2026, 03:35 AM UTC
Resolved
May 01, 2026, 01:30 PM UTC
Duration
27d 9h
Detected by Pingoru
Apr 04, 2026, 03:35 AM UTC

Affected components

Wordnik API (definitions)

Update timeline

  1. investigating Apr 04, 2026, 03:35 AM UTC

    In [`423f191`](https://github.com/wordnik/wordnik-status/commit/423f191004496c945de97264b03902cda50fe194 ), Wordnik API (definitions) (https://api.wordnik.com/v4/word.json/cat/definitions?limit=200&includeRelated=false&useCanonical=false&includeTags=false&api_key=$API_KEY) was **down**: - HTTP code: 429 - Response time: 421 ms