When was the last Ancestry outage?

The last Ancestry outage was on March 23, 2026: "Customers may be experiencing issues at this time. Investigation underway."

How do I check if Ancestry is down?

Use IsDown to monitor Ancestry status and get alerts when Ancestry is down. You can also check the official Ancestry status page.

How do I get alerts when Ancestry is down?

Create an IsDown account to monitor Ancestry status. Get instant alerts via Slack, PagerDuty, or email when Ancestry outages occur.

Is Ancestry Down? Ancestry Status & Outages

Q: What is Ancestry status right now?

Ancestry is operational. Check Ancestry service health and outages at the top of this page for real-time updates.

Q: Is Ancestry down today?

Ancestry is not down today according to the official status page. IsDown monitors Ancestry status continuously for outages and service health issues.

Ancestry status updated a few minutes ago

What is Ancestry status right now?

Ancestry is working normally

IsDown last checked Ancestry status on March 31, 2026 at 12:21 PM EEST. We've received 0 user reports in the past 24 hours.

Monitoring since Feb 2023 · 106 incidents caught · 8 components tracked in real-time

Ancestry service health over the last 24 hours

This chart shows the number of user-reported issues for Ancestry service health over the past 24 hours, grouped into 20-minute intervals. It's normal to see occasional reports, which may be due to individual user issues rather than a broader problem.

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Outage Map

See where users report Ancestry is down. The map shows recent Ancestry outages from around the world.

Ancestry Outage Map

Recent Ancestry outage reports

See what users report when Ancestry is down and how Ancestry outages affect them.

Mar 29, 2026 (2 days ago) 🇺🇸 United States of America

DHS - Shows DNA match is match list. Does not show a match on the match's account profile. GARBAGE WEBSITE!.
Mar 28, 2026 (3 days ago) 🇺🇸 United States of America

DHS - Show matches on the match list - not when you go to the matches profile page. GARBAGE WEBSITE!!!.
Mar 28, 2026 (3 days ago) 🇺🇸 United States of America

DNA Matches not working unless you do a surname query. GARBAGE!.
Mar 26, 2026 (5 days ago) 🇺🇸 United States of America

William - Ancestry app just sits there and doesn’t open ancestry.com.
Mar 25, 2026 (6 days ago) 🇺🇸 United States of America

Ben - I can't save anything. I can see anything in my tree and I can view hints, but I get no response when I attempt to save..
Mar 24, 2026 (7 days ago) 🇺🇸 United States of America

Ancestry is down today and just keeps spinning to get on my computer. So, signing does not work!.
Mar 23, 2026 (8 days ago) 🇺🇸 United States of America

Search field reports error trying to load the requested person.

Search Functionality
Mar 23, 2026 (8 days ago) 🇬🇧 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Sharon - Ancestry Hints and several features are not loading. Problems all PM today..
Mar 23, 2026 (8 days ago) 🇺🇸 United States of America

Not working. Can’t access any documents or search.
Mar 23, 2026 (8 days ago) 🇺🇸 United States of America

Larry - Ancestry.com site will not open for me for two days now. Something about "pretty print" appears and nothing else..
Mar 21, 2026 (10 days ago) 🇺🇸 United States of America

grandpa - website says Pretty-print at the top and {} below it on all browsers.
Mar 21, 2026 (10 days ago) 🇺🇸 United States of America

Unable - Unable to upload image to person profiles..
Mar 21, 2026 (10 days ago) 🇺🇸 United States of America

Newspapaer.com. Oops, we are having trouble loading Save to Ancestry. Please try again later.
Mar 20, 2026 (11 days ago) 🇺🇸 United States of America

Pat - I’m trying to add to my family tree and Ancestry keeps telling me that "this feature is unavailable at this time.” This has been happening constantly for the past 3 days. the only time it works is 5 am..
Mar 20, 2026 (11 days ago) 🇺🇸 United States of America

can’t - working on family tree. keep getting message "Sorry, this feature is unavailable at this time.” this has been happening for the past two days.

Ancestry Downtime Health — Last 90 Days

In the last 90 days, Ancestry had 2 incidents with a median duration of 1 hour 7 minutes.

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Incidents

Critical

Major Outages

Warning

Minor Incidents

Duration

1 hour

Median Resolution

Recent Ancestry outages detected by IsDown

Full incident reports for recent Ancestry outages, including timelines, affected components, and resolution details.

37 minutes

Customers may be experiencing issues at this time. Investigation underway.

Mar 23, 2026 at 08:17 PM

Detected 3 minutes before

about 2 hours

Customers may be experiencing issues at this time. Investigation underway.

Mar 23, 2026 at 06:12 PM

about 1 hour

Customers may be experiencing issues at this time. Investigation underway.

Dec 05, 2025 at 10:57 AM

about 21 hours

Customers may be experiencing issues at this time. Investigation underway.

Oct 20, 2025 at 03:51 PM

about 3 hours

Customers may be experiencing issues at this time. Investigation underway.

Oct 10, 2025 at 06:29 PM

about 1 hour

Customers may be experiencing issues at this time. Investigation underway.

Jul 22, 2025 at 06:54 PM

43 minutes

Customers may be experiencing issues at this time. Investigation underway.

Jul 18, 2025 at 06:15 PM

25 minutes

Customers may be experiencing issues at this time. Investigation underway.

Jun 26, 2025 at 07:15 PM

about 4 hours

Customers may be experiencing issues at this time. Investigation underway.

Jun 19, 2025 at 01:57 AM

23 minutes

Customers may be experiencing issues at this time. Investigation underway.

Jun 03, 2025 at 12:05 AM

Title	Started At	Duration
Customers may be experiencing issues at this time. Investigation underway. The cause for site impact is being investigated at this time. Additional information and status w...	Mar 23, 2026 at 06:20 PM UTC IsDown detected 3 minutes before official update	37 minutes
Customers may be experiencing issues at this time. Investigation underway. The cause for site impact is being investigated at this time. Additional information and status w...	Mar 23, 2026 at 04:12 PM UTC	about 2 hours
Customers may be experiencing issues at this time. Investigation underway. The cause for site impact is being investigated at this time. Additional information and status w...	Dec 05, 2025 at 08:57 AM UTC	about 1 hour
Customers may be experiencing issues at this time. Investigation underway. The cause for site impact is being investigated at this time. Additional information and status w...	Oct 20, 2025 at 12:51 PM UTC	about 21 hours
Customers may be experiencing issues at this time. Investigation underway. The cause for site impact is being investigated at this time. Additional information and status w...	Oct 10, 2025 at 03:29 PM UTC	about 3 hours
Customers may be experiencing issues at this time. Investigation underway. The cause for site impact is being investigated at this time. Additional information and status w...	Jul 22, 2025 at 03:54 PM UTC	about 1 hour
Customers may be experiencing issues at this time. Investigation underway. The cause for site impact is being investigated at this time. Additional information and status w...	Jul 18, 2025 at 03:15 PM UTC	43 minutes
Customers may be experiencing issues at this time. Investigation underway. The cause for site impact is being investigated at this time. Additional information and status w...	Jun 26, 2025 at 04:15 PM UTC	25 minutes
Customers may be experiencing issues at this time. Investigation underway. The cause for site impact is being investigated at this time. Additional information and status w...	Jun 18, 2025 at 10:57 PM UTC	about 4 hours
Customers may be experiencing issues at this time. Investigation underway. The cause for site impact is being investigated at this time. Additional information and status w...	Jun 02, 2025 at 09:05 PM UTC	23 minutes

Ancestry Components Status

Check if any Ancestry component is down. View the current status of 8 services and regions.

Component	Status	Details
DNA-related Features status	OK	View details
Family Tree Features status	OK	View details
Hint-related Functionality status	OK	View details
Home Page status	OK	View details
Login Processes status	OK	View details
Mobile Applications status	OK	View details
Search Functionality status	OK	View details
Shopping Cart status	OK	View details

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is Ancestry down today?

Ancestry isn't down. You can check Ancestry status and incident details on the top of the page. IsDown continuously monitors Ancestry official status page every few minutes. In the last 24 hours, there were 0 outages reported.

What is the current Ancestry status?

Ancestry is currently operational. You can check Ancestry status and incident details on the top of the page. The status is updated in almost real-time, and you can see the latest outages and issues affecting customers.

Is there a Ancestry outage now?

No, there is no ongoing official outage. Check on the top of the page if there are any reported problems by other users.

Is Ancestry down today or just slow?

Currently there's no report of Ancestry being slow. Check on the top of the page if there are any reported problems by other users.

How are Ancestry outages detected?

IsDown monitors the Ancestry official status page every few minutes. We also get reports from users like you. If there are enough reports about an outage, we'll show it on the top of the page.

Is Ancestry having an outage right now?

Ancestry last outage was on March 23, 2026 with the title "Customers may be experiencing issues at this time. Investigation underway."

How often does Ancestry go down?

IsDown has tracked 103 Ancestry incidents since February 2023. When Ancestry goes down, incidents typically resolve within 66 minutes.

Is Ancestry down for everyone or just me?

Check the Ancestry status at the top of this page. IsDown combines official status page data with user reports to show whether Ancestry is down for everyone or if the issue is on your end.

What Ancestry components does IsDown monitor?

IsDown monitors 8 Ancestry components in real-time, tracking the official status page for outages, degraded performance, and scheduled maintenance.

How IsDown compares to DownDetector when monitoring Ancestry?

IsDown and DownDetector help users determine if Ancestry is having problems. The big difference is that IsDown is a status page aggregator. IsDown monitors a service's official status page to give our customers a more reliable source of information instead of just relying on reports from users. The integration allows us to provide more details about Ancestry's Outages, like incident title, description, updates, and the parts of the affected service. Additionally, users can create internal status pages and set up notifications for all their third-party services.