Outage in Wikipedia

Wikis were in read only mode

Resolved Minor

March 05, 2026 - Started 8 days ago - Lasted about 8 hours
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Incident Report

Summary AI Generated

Wikipedia wikis were placed in read-only mode for 8.5 hours, preventing users from editing content while reading functionality remained available. The issue affected both reading and editing components, with some editing functionality remaining disabled even after wikis returned to read-write mode. The incident was resolved with full restoration of user scripting capabilities and all editing functions.

We are aware of issues with accessing some wikis, and we are investigating.

Components affected

Wikipedia Reading Wikipedia Editing

Latest Updates ( sorted recent to last )

RESOLVED 8 days ago - at 03/06/2026 12:05AM

Wikis have been read-write for several hours, and we have now restored most user scripting capabilities.

MONITORING 8 days ago - at 03/05/2026 06:36PM

We are continuing to monitor for any further issues.

MONITORING 8 days ago - at 03/05/2026 05:36PM

A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the results. Some editing functionality will still be disabled.

IDENTIFIED 8 days ago - at 03/05/2026 05:09PM

Wikis are back in read write mode, but some functionalities are still disabled

IDENTIFIED 8 days ago - at 03/05/2026 04:11PM

The issue has been identified and a fix is being implemented.

INVESTIGATING 8 days ago - at 03/05/2026 03:36PM

We are aware of issues with accessing some wikis, and we are investigating.

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