Spotlight Status. Is Spotlight Down?

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Spotlight service health. Issues reported in the last 24 hours

Working Normally
Possible Incident
Confirmed Outage

This chart displays the number of user-reported issues 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. We only consider an issue widespread if there are multiple reports within a short timeframe. Sign up for free to see more Spotlight status data.

Spotlight Outage Map

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Recent Spotlight Outages and Downtime History

IsDown has tracked 70 incidents since started monitoring Spotlight status in October 2022. We collect data from 4522+ services, and normalize the data to give you a clear picture of the impact of the outage.

Date Status Incident Duration
Jun 12, 2025
02:34 PM EDT
 Major Platform Access Issue about 2 hours
Apr 03, 2025
09:46 AM EDT
 Minor Photo uploads about 3 hours
Feb 05, 2025
07:48 AM EST
 Minor Spotlight website issues about 5 hours
Jan 07, 2025
09:37 AM EST
 Minor Casting professionals experiencing issues viewing suggestions about 4 hours
Nov 28, 2024
08:07 AM EST
 Minor Breakdown suggestions 30 minutes
Sep 27, 2024
08:53 AM EDT
 Minor Applications error 4 days
Aug 02, 2024
07:21 AM EDT
 Minor Site functionality / speed about 7 hours
Aug 01, 2024
12:20 PM EDT
 Minor Site functionality / speed about 17 hours
Jul 31, 2024
11:32 AM EDT
 Minor Site functionality / speed about 16 hours
Jul 30, 2024
12:00 PM EDT
 Minor Site stability issues/speed about 19 hours

Spotlight problems reported by users

  • Web results not loading

  • Web results not loading

  • Spotlight search not responding

  • Error message - maximum attempts exceeded.

  • The browser blocks the entire website

  • Yesterday the spotlight website would not load and was giving an error message 403. Today it is loading but when navigating around the site it is giving the error code again.

  • After spending hours no help from help line reset my word now won’t let me go any further than put my email won’t go to second checkout 😡

  • Unable to access the online site.

  • Clicking onto the Spotlight link will not allow me to open the site using a Chrome browser, however, with Firefox there is no issues.

  • Error message. Can not connect to server.

  • Max challenge attempts exceeded. Please refresh the page to try again!

  • I am trying to access your website from Zimbabwe but it is not allowing me to connect. Please advise. Many thanks

  • You can't add anything to your cart. Will not work on desktop or mobile version

  • does not record purchaseitem in cart

  • My spotlight link is not working and i cant seem to sign on to the website. Im getting error messages to contact spotlight.

  • Not able to complete order as unable to process payment...gets stuck on "wait" icon

  • Spotlight is not working with safari

  • 403 ERROR The request could not be satisfied. Request blocked. We can't connect to the server for this app or website at this time. There might be too much traffic or a configuration error. Try again later, or contact the app or website owner. If you provide content to customers through CloudF...

  • Webpage keeps saying - Max challenge attempts exceeded. Please refresh the page to try again!

  • Keeps coming up with Max attempts exceeded. I can not get on to the website.

  • Won’t work tried every browser option says something about request something with a empty page

  • 404 errorThe request could not be satisfied. Request blocked. We can't connect to the server for this app or website at this time. There might be too much traffic or a configuration error. Try again later, or contact the app or website owner. If you provide content to customers through CloudFro...

  • A 403 Error code keeps showing

  • Unable to get onto Spotlights web page.

  • Everytime I try to access the website my browser tells me "max challenge attempts exceeded. Please refresh the page to try again"

  • Every time I try to access the website, I get the following message - “ Max challenge attempts exceeded. Please refresh the page to try again!” I’ve tried every trick I know but nothing is working!

  • It’s constantly coming up with the error page

  • Can not complete purchase on website

  • it keeps coming up with an error

  • States the following: Request blocked. We can't connect to the server for this app or website at this time. There might be too much traffic or a configuration error. Try again later, or contact the app or website owner. If you provide content to customers through CloudFront, you can find steps ...

  • Not loading, other websites fine

  • It's not connecting and we've tried it three four times and it's been out for almost 2 hours

  • The website won’t load and is displaying a 403 error

  • Can not login ??? on 3 different laptops.... 403 ERROR The request could not be satisfied. Request blocked. We can't connect to the server for this app or website at this time. There might be too much traffic or a configuration error. Try again later, or contact the app or website owner. If y...

  • "Max challenge attempts reached, please refresh to try again" message when trying to access website using firefox browser. Including via email marketing links, Google searches link, direct URL entry.

  • 403 ERROR The request could not be satisfied. Request blocked. We can't connect to the server for this app or website at this time. There might be too much traffic or a configuration error. Try again later, or contact the app or website owner. If you provide content to customers through CloudF...

  • 403 errors, loads main page and searches but not loading item pages

  • Website won’t load. Comes up with a message that says “Max challenge attempts exceeded. Please refresh the page to try again!” I refresh and nothing but that message again

  • I keep getting "Max challenge attempts exceeded. Please refresh the page to try again!" and am unable to load the webpage

  • Pages aren't loading and giving me an error

  • Website keeps saying Max challenge attempts exceeded.

  • Won’t load keeps popping up with errors

  • Error 404 on multiple attempts over the last week

  • “Max challenge attempts exceeded” error pops up whenever I try to access the spotlight site on phone or laptop. Tried multiple browsers and resetting cache/history etc. when accessing though the instagram link from the spotlight profile it works, but not when I try to access from a browser.

  • When failing to load i just get the message: Max challenge attempts exceeded Both on my laptop and on my phone

  • For 2 days saying "Max challenge attempts exceeded. Please refresh the page to try again!" just trying to access the homepage.

  • 403 error - cannot get onto website

  • I can’t get into spotlights website

  • Cant get onto Spotlight WA

  • Getting an error message constantly, got one shot of a screen saying that I was in a queue to indicate that they're super busy.

  • 504 ERROR The request could not be satisfied. CloudFront attempted to establish a connection with the origin, but either the attempt failed or the origin closed the connection. We can't connect to the server for this app or website at this time. There might be too much traffic or a configuratio...

  • Spotlight website is down and can’t order online for I store pickup or delivery

  • Page keeps requesting but will not load

  • Can’t load the page to make a purchase

  • Can't check out purchases

  • Website either loads indefinitely or throws up an error message

  • Intermittent problems. Pages not loading, sometimes 404 error, sometimes 503 gateway error.

  • won't open says gateway down

  • 403 ERROR The request could not be satisfied. Request blocked. We can't connect to the server for this app or website at this time. There might be too much traffic or a configuration error. Try again later, or contact the app or website owner. If you provide content to customers through Cl...

  • The website is throwing error code 404.

Spotlight is a search feature on macOS and iOS that enables users to search for data within their device and on the web.

Monitoring Spotlight since October 2022

4 incidents in 2025

Spotlight outages in the last 28 days

September 2025 - October 2025
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
14
15
Sep 15, 2025
No Outages
16
Sep 16, 2025
No Outages
17
Sep 17, 2025
No Outages
18
Sep 18, 2025
No Outages
19
Sep 19, 2025
No Outages
20
Sep 20, 2025
No Outages
21
Sep 21, 2025
No Outages
22
Sep 22, 2025
No Outages
23
Sep 23, 2025
No Outages
24
Sep 24, 2025
No Outages
25
Sep 25, 2025
No Outages
26
Sep 26, 2025
No Outages
27
Sep 27, 2025
No Outages
28
Sep 28, 2025
No Outages
29
Sep 29, 2025
No Outages
30
Sep 30, 2025
No Outages
1
Oct 01, 2025
No Outages
2
Oct 02, 2025
No Outages
3
Oct 03, 2025
No Outages
4
Oct 04, 2025
No Outages
5
Oct 05, 2025
No Outages
6
Oct 06, 2025
No Outages
7
Oct 07, 2025
No Outages
8
Oct 08, 2025
No Outages
9
Oct 09, 2025
No Outages
10
Oct 10, 2025
No Outages
11
Oct 11, 2025
No Outages
12
Oct 12, 2025
No Outages
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18

Number of Incidents

0 issues

Last incident

122 days ago

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Spotlight down today?

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

What is the current Spotlight status?

Spotlight is currently operational. You can check Spotlight 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 Spotlight 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 Spotlight down today or just slow?

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

How are Spotlight outages detected?

IsDown monitors the Spotlight 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 Spotlight having an outage right now?

Spotlight last outage was on June 12, 2025 with the title "Platform Access Issue"

Spotlight down for everyone or just me?

  • Check on the top of the page if there are any reported problems by other users.
  • Find their support at their official website.
  • Find their support contact at their official status page.

How IsDown compares to DownDetector when monitoring Spotlight?

IsDown and DownDetector help users determine if Spotlight 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 Spotlight'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.

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