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Official status of Archive of Our Own (AO3)

Major outage

Answer: AO3 Down for Maintenance Confidence: high

Scope: Archive of Our Own (AO3) provider-published systemsChecked: 11/1/2026, 3:20:38 AM (17 minutes ago)

AO3 Down for Maintenance

Known facts

Official source: Archive of Our Own (AO3)
Scope: Archive of Our Own (AO3) provider-published systems
Source ownership verified: 9/17/2026
Official incident: AO3 Down for Maintenance

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Comments from other users of the Archive of Our Own (AO3) community

tinep2 days ago

Denmark

Just receiving: "The archive is down for maintenance."

Elodie2 months ago

United States, Chicago

New AO3 tabs won’t open, nor reload. Already open pages still viewable.

Nelia3 months ago

Spain, Alicante

Web doesn't load.

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