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Outage in Wikipedia

Wikimedia API is unavailable

Resolved Minor
October 28, 2026 - Started 7 days ago - Lasted about 2 hours
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Incident Report

Summary AI Generated

The Wikimedia API experienced an outage lasting approximately 1.8 hours, impacting Wikipedia's Reading and Editing functions. A fix was implemented and monitored before the incident was fully resolved.

We are currently investigating this issue.
Components affected
Wikipedia Reading Wikipedia Editing
Latest Updates ( sorted recent to last )
RESOLVED 7 days ago - at 10/28/2026 06:41AM

This incident has been resolved.

MONITORING 7 days ago - at 10/28/2026 06:23AM

We are continuing to monitor for any further issues.

MONITORING 7 days ago - at 10/28/2026 06:13AM

A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the results.

INVESTIGATING 7 days ago - at 10/28/2026 04:58AM

We are continuing to investigate this issue.

INVESTIGATING 7 days ago - at 10/28/2026 04:56AM

We are continuing to investigate this issue.

INVESTIGATING 7 days ago - at 10/28/2026 04:55AM

We are currently investigating this issue.

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