Is Ao3 down right now?

rimetry monitors Ao3 continuously. See the live status dashboard for current uptime, incidents, and community reports.

Why is Ao3 not working?

Outages are usually caused by service-side incidents, ISP routing issues, or local DNS problems. Check the incident timeline on this page for the latest.

AO3 status

archiveofourown.org ·Last checked —

Current status

Up and running

No spike in reports

Response time

41 ms

Uptime (24h)

100.00%

Rimetry Health Score

99.00/ 100Excellent

Historical uptime

Last 90 checks · auto-refreshed

7 days agotoday

Incident timeline

No incidents reported. Everything is green.

AI summary

AO3 appears stable across all monitored regions. Community reports in the last hour are within normal noise levels.

0 reports in the last hour

About AO3

AO3 (archiveofourown.org) is a online service monitored continuously by Rimetry from multiple global regions. We probe its public endpoints every 60 seconds to detect outages, latency spikes, and regional degradations the moment they happen.

Right now AO3 is reporting as operational across our probes, with an average response time of 41 ms and 100.00% uptime over the last 24 hours. Most users connecting to archiveofourown.org are seeing it work normally.

Common causes of disruption for services like AO3 include backend API failures, region-specific routing problems at the CDN or ISP layer, expired TLS certificates, DNS misconfigurations, and capacity spikes during major events. Rimetry combines automated probes, vendor status feeds, and verified community reports to give you a single high-confidence answer instead of guessing.

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Markdown

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What is AO3?

AO3 is a popular online service tracked by rimetry. Outages and incidents are monitored 24/7 across multiple regions.

Common issues

· Login or authentication failures
· Slow response times in specific regions
· Outages affecting the API or core services
· Payment or checkout failures

Troubleshooting

· Refresh the page and try again
· Clear your browser cache and cookies
· Try a different network or device
· Check AO3's official social channels

FAQ

Is AO3 down for everyone?
Use the live status above — green means it's likely just you.
How often is the status updated?
Every minute from four global regions.

Community

Discussion

Crowd reports and conversation from other users tracking AO3.

Discussion

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