Yellowdig Outage History

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Yellowdig had 11 outages in the last 2 years totaling 1410h 14m of downtime — averaging 0.5 incidents per month.

There were 11 Yellowdig outages since June 10, 2024 totaling 1410h 14m of downtime. Each is summarised below — incident details, duration, and resolution information.

Source: https://status.yellowdig.com

Major December 5, 2025

Yellowdig Frontend Showing 503 Error

Detected by Pingoru
Dec 05, 2025, 04:22 PM UTC
Resolved
Dec 05, 2025, 04:57 PM UTC
Duration
34m
Affected: FrontendFrontend
Timeline · 2 updates
  1. identified Dec 05, 2025, 04:22 PM UTC

    Yellowdig's frontend servers are failing due to an issue in the software dependencies. Users may see an error page instead of the application. A patch is being rolled out now

  2. resolved Dec 05, 2025, 04:57 PM UTC

    A patch has been rolled out

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Minor September 29, 2025

Email sending issues

Detected by Pingoru
Sep 29, 2025, 05:19 AM UTC
Resolved
Nov 26, 2025, 03:56 PM UTC
Duration
58d 10h
Affected: Frontend
Timeline · 3 updates
  1. identified Sep 29, 2025, 05:19 AM UTC

    Yellowdig is experiencing issues with outbound email sending including: notifications, password reset, email verification and weekly recap. We're investigating now

  2. monitoring Sep 29, 2025, 04:18 PM UTC

    Email sending issues have been temporarily resolved

  3. resolved Nov 26, 2025, 03:56 PM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

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Notice April 14, 2025

Increased Application Latency

Detected by Pingoru
Apr 14, 2025, 03:40 PM UTC
Resolved
Apr 14, 2025, 02:00 AM UTC
Duration
Timeline · 1 update
  1. resolved Apr 14, 2025, 03:40 PM UTC

    During peak traffic on sunday night Yellowdig experience a spike in application latency. The issue was identified and resolved by the on-call response team

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Critical April 2, 2025

LTI Authentication Issues

Detected by Pingoru
Apr 02, 2025, 01:53 PM UTC
Resolved
Apr 02, 2025, 03:15 PM UTC
Duration
1h 21m
Affected: FrontendFrontend
Timeline · 2 updates
  1. identified Apr 02, 2025, 01:53 PM UTC

    There's an identified problem with LTI based authentication. Users may see a "You are not logged in" page after successful LTI launch. This issue is being actively investigated

  2. resolved Apr 02, 2025, 03:15 PM UTC

    This issue has been resolved

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Notice January 7, 2025

High latency and timeouts

Detected by Pingoru
Jan 07, 2025, 05:43 PM UTC
Resolved
Jan 07, 2025, 05:43 PM UTC
Duration
Affected: Frontend
Timeline · 1 update
  1. resolved Jan 07, 2025, 05:43 PM UTC

    Yellowdig's backend experience a period of high latency responses due to a server misconfiguration. This issue has been resolved.

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Notice January 2, 2025

Issues with data submission

Detected by Pingoru
Jan 02, 2025, 07:28 PM UTC
Resolved
Jan 02, 2025, 07:00 PM UTC
Duration
Timeline · 1 update
  1. resolved Jan 02, 2025, 07:28 PM UTC

    A configuration issue caused data submission on the platform to fail. The issue was identified and a patch was rolled out

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Notice November 12, 2024

Search Results Missing Posts

Detected by Pingoru
Nov 12, 2024, 12:53 AM UTC
Resolved
Nov 12, 2024, 12:53 AM UTC
Duration
Affected: FrontendFrontend
Timeline · 1 update
  1. resolved Nov 12, 2024, 12:53 AM UTC

    An issue in Yellowdig's event pipeline caused posts and comments to be omitted from search results. The root cause was identified and fixed

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Critical October 28, 2024

Browser Connectivity Issues

Detected by Pingoru
Oct 28, 2024, 09:10 PM UTC
Resolved
Oct 28, 2024, 02:00 AM UTC
Duration
Timeline · 1 update
  1. resolved Oct 28, 2024, 09:10 PM UTC

    During a period of high traffic, Yellowdig displayed intermittent "503 Gateway" error pages when users attempted to view the application

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Minor September 10, 2024

Rendering and Display Issues

Detected by Pingoru
Sep 10, 2024, 01:54 PM UTC
Resolved
Sep 10, 2024, 05:44 PM UTC
Duration
3h 50m
Affected: FrontendAPI
Timeline · 3 updates
  1. investigating Sep 10, 2024, 01:54 PM UTC

    Yellowdig is experiencing visual display problems, the issue has been identified and a patch is in progress

  2. monitoring Sep 10, 2024, 02:07 PM UTC

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

  3. resolved Sep 10, 2024, 05:44 PM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

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Notice August 28, 2024

Service Outage

Detected by Pingoru
Aug 28, 2024, 08:22 PM UTC
Resolved
Aug 28, 2024, 08:34 PM UTC
Duration
12m
Affected: FrontendAPI
Timeline · 2 updates
  1. identified Aug 28, 2024, 08:22 PM UTC

    Yellowdig users may encounter a "Can't Connect" error when attempting to view the platform, a fix has been identified and is being rolled out

  2. resolved Aug 28, 2024, 08:34 PM UTC

    The platform has been stabilized

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Major June 10, 2024

Issues with draft saving

Detected by Pingoru
Jun 10, 2024, 02:06 PM UTC
Resolved
Jun 10, 2024, 03:45 PM UTC
Duration
1h 39m
Affected: Frontend
Timeline · 2 updates
  1. identified Jun 10, 2024, 02:06 PM UTC

    Under certain conditions, users are experiencing errors when attempting to save draft posts. The root cause has been identified and a patch is incoming

  2. resolved Jun 10, 2024, 03:45 PM UTC

    This issue has been resolved

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