Wikipedia Outage History

Wikipedia and other wikis experienced editing failures that prevented users from successfully making edits to pages. The issue affected the editing functionality across the platform for 3.2 hours. The incident was resolved after investigation and remediation efforts.

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.

Wikipedia and other wikis experienced a database server issue that made all sites read-only, preventing users from editing content. The problem was identified and resolved within 17 minutes, with editing functionality fully restored. The service returned to normal operations after a brief monitoring period to ensure stability.

Wikipedia experienced major issues and degraded performance that affected both reading and editing functionality across wikis. A fix was implemented and monitored for effectiveness. The incident was resolved after 36 minutes of service disruption.

Wikipedia experienced major issues and degraded performance that affected users' ability to read and access wikis. The incident impacted the reading functionality across the platform for 46 minutes. The service has been fully restored and the incident was resolved.