Outage in Reddit

Increased error rates across the site

Resolved Major

January 16, 2026 - Started about 17 hours ago - Lasted about 3 hours
Official incident page

Incident Report

Users are experiencing increased error rates when posting images or signing up for accounts. We've identified the underlying cause and are working on a resolution.

Components affected

Reddit Desktop Web Reddit Mobile Web Reddit Native Mobile Apps Reddit Comment Processing

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Latest Updates ( sorted recent to last )

RESOLVED about 13 hours ago - at 01/17/2026 03:37AM

Everything is now resolved.

IDENTIFIED about 16 hours ago - at 01/17/2026 01:23AM

Users are experiencing increased error rates when posting images in comments or posts, signing up for accounts, or deleting accounts. We've identified the underlying cause and are working on a resolution.

IDENTIFIED about 17 hours ago - at 01/17/2026 12:20AM

Users are experiencing increased error rates when posting images or signing up for accounts. We've identified the underlying cause and are working on a resolution.

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