Outage in Substack

Increased latency and errors

Resolved Major
January 21, 2025 - Started 10 months ago - Lasted about 1 hour
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We are investigating reports of increased latency and errors for Substack.com, publication websites, and the Substack app.

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RESOLVED 10 months ago - at 01/22/2025 12:36AM

This incident has been resolved.

MONITORING 10 months ago - at 01/22/2025 12:20AM

Substack websites and applications are fully operational and our team is monitoring.

IDENTIFIED 10 months ago - at 01/22/2025 12:12AM

We have identified the issue and are beginning to see recovery across all Substack websites and applications.

INVESTIGATING 10 months ago - at 01/21/2025 11:48PM

We are continuing to investigate reports of increased latency and errors for all Substack websites and applications.

INVESTIGATING 10 months ago - at 01/21/2025 11:44PM

We are investigating reports of increased latency and errors for Substack.com, publication websites, and the Substack app.

source IsDown Service outage affecting user access Reports started 4 minutes before official outage was reported

Users report inability to access pages and apps, encountering 502 Bad Gateway errors, as well as issues with saving drafts and posting, suggesting server problems.

Latest Substack outages

Post emails delayed - 20 days ago
Post notifications are delayed - about 1 month ago
Post email delivery is delayed - about 2 months ago

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