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Check if W3C is down, official outages, user-reported issues, and outages map.

Current W3C status

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W3C service health. Issues reported in the last 24 hours

Check 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.

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W3C recent outages and downtime history

IsDown has tracked 23 incidents since started monitoring W3C status in January 2025. We collect data from 4522+ services, and normalize the data to give you a clear picture of the impact of the outage. It will show official W3C outages and also issues that we're started by a spike in crowdsource reports.

Date Incident Duration
Sep 06, 2025
06:35 AM PDT
Minor
Several services unavailable
Some servers are currently experiencing problems which impacts several W3C services including wik...
about 2 hours
Dec 20, 2024
10:04 AM PST
Minor
Mailing list server temporarily unavailable
We are currently investigating this issue.
Ongoing
Dec 05, 2024
06:19 AM PST
Minor
spec-generator is timing out
A recent upgrade of the spec-generator dependencies is causing timeouts when generating document ...
Ongoing
Oct 14, 2024
09:30 AM PDT
Minor
IRC server crash
The server that host the IRC service crashed at 16:34 UTC. The server was rebooted and this servi...
Ongoing
Apr 09, 2024
07:26 AM PDT
Minor
Dropping TheMatrix -> W3C IRC bridge.
Due to abuse we are deprecating the TheMatrix -> W3C IRC bridge experiment. We have asked that th...
Ongoing
Oct 11, 2023
08:37 AM PDT
Minor
Timeouts for some resources on www.w3.org
We are currently investigating this issue.
Ongoing
Oct 08, 2023
01:59 PM PDT
Minor
Slowness of W3C website
We noticed degraded performance on the W3C website with regards to loading assets such as stylesh...
Ongoing
Aug 17, 2023
05:49 AM PDT
Major
Mailing list archives outage
We are currently investigating this issue.
Ongoing
Mar 21, 2023
08:12 AM PDT
Major
Network issues impacting W3C website
W3C Website and most W3C services are currently unreachable. This issue seems network related at ...
Ongoing
Feb 03, 2023
06:50 AM PST
Major
IRC Server not reachable
We are currently investigating this issue.
Ongoing
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User comments about W3C status

See what users are saying about W3C issues that impacted them and how they are affected by the outage. You can see if other users are experiencing the same issues and if there are any workarounds or solutions.

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W3C components or services current status

Component Status
API OK
Backend storage service OK
Chapters OK
Email & Mailing Lists OK
Frontend services (Proxy, Firewall, Cache, CDN) OK
GitHub OK
IRC OK
TR Publication OK
User & Group Management OK
Validation Services OK
Website OK

W3C provides web standards development and management services, including tools for user and group management, document publication, communication platforms, and validation services.

Monitoring W3C since January 2025

Tracking 16 W3C services and regions

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IsDown is a status page aggregator that monitors if W3C and all your dependencies are experiencing issues. We combine the status of all the services you dependent and provide a clear view of all your vendors health in one place. We not only monitor official information but also crowdsourced reports. That means that even when W3C, per example, doesn't report an outage, you will still be notified if other users are experiencing issues.

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Every few minutes we go to the status page of W3C (and 4,522+ other services) and check if they are experiencing issues. We collect the status and outage information of W3C's 16 components. Also, we not only monitor official sources but also user reports. Sometimes or a lot of times vendors take some time to report an incident, so by monitoring user reports we're able to alert you early.

The moment an issue is detected in W3C, IsDown sends an alert and updates your status page

Not only you will get notified, but IsDown offers notification filters, so you can choose which issues you want to be notified about. This way you avoid getting all the incidents from W3C and other services.

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Track W3C incidents and downtimes by severity

IsDown checks W3C official status page for major/minor outages or downtimes. A major outage is when W3C experiences a critical issue that severely affects one or more services/regions. A minor incident is when W3C experiences a small issue affecting a small percentage of its customer's applications. An example is the performance degradation of an application. The moment we detect a W3C outage, we send you an alert and update your dashboard and status page.

Get alerted as soon as users reports problems with W3C

W3C and other vendors don't always report outages on time. IsDown collects user reports to provide early detection of outages. This way, even without an official status update, you can stay ahead of possible problems.

All the details of W3C outages and downtimes

IsDown collects all information from the outages published in W3C status page to provide the context of the outage. If available, we gather the title, description, time of the outage, status, and outage updates. Another important piece of information is the affected services/regions which we use to filter the notifications that impact your business.

Prepare for upcoming W3C maintenance events

W3C publishes scheduled maintenance events on their status page. IsDown collects all the information for each event and creates a feed that people can follow to ensure they are not surprised by unexpected downtime or problems. We also send the feed in our weekly report, alerting the next maintenances that will take place.

Only get alerted on the W3C outages that impact your business

IsDown monitors W3C and all their 16 components that can be affected by an outage. IsDown allows you to filter the notifications and status page alerts based on the components you care about. For example, you can choose which components or regions affect your business and filter out all other outages. This way you avoid alert fatigue in your team.

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Our tool was build to be the best way to monitor all your external dependencies in one place. IsDown not only will help you monitor W3C but also 4,522 other services. Your team and customers will have a clear view of all your dependencies and their status, making it easier to identify and resolve issues.

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W3C Downdetector vs IsDown

While Downdetector relies on user-submitted reports to detect W3C outages, IsDown monitors W3C's status page for verified, detailed incident information. Here's why official monitoring provides better reliability for your business:

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is W3C down today?

W3C isn't down. You can check W3C status and incident details on the top of the page. IsDown continuously monitors W3C official status page every few minutes. In the last 24 hours, there were 0 outages reported.

What is the current W3C status?

W3C is currently operational. You can check W3C 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 W3C 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 W3C down today or just slow?

Currently there's no report of W3C being slow. Check on the top of the page if there are any reported problems by other users.

How are W3C outages detected?

IsDown monitors the W3C 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 W3C having an outage right now?

W3C last outage was on September 06, 2025 with the title "Several services unavailable"

How to check if W3C is down?

Why use IsDown to monitor W3C instead of the official status page?

Because IsDown is a status page aggregator, which means that we aggregate the status of multiple cloud services. You can monitor W3C and all the services that impact your business. Get a dashboard with the health of all services and status updates. Set up notifications via Slack, Datadog, PagerDuty, and more, when a service you monitor has issues or when maintenances are scheduled.

How IsDown compares to DownDetector when monitoring W3C?

IsDown and DownDetector help users determine if W3C 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 W3C'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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