Wordnik incident

Wordnik API (definitions) is down

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Wordnik experienced a major incident on March 8, 2026 affecting Wordnik API (definitions), lasting 2d. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.

Started
Mar 08, 2026, 11:03 PM UTC
Resolved
Mar 10, 2026, 11:57 PM UTC
Duration
2d
Detected by Pingoru
Mar 08, 2026, 11:03 PM UTC

Affected components

Wordnik API (definitions)

Update timeline

  1. investigating Mar 08, 2026, 11:03 PM UTC

    In [`30fa4a7`](https://github.com/wordnik/wordnik-status/commit/30fa4a7817cf30726404488a8ed61bcec65b6623 ), 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: 323 ms