Proton VPN status
Proton VPN uptime & performance at a glance
- Current status
- Operational
- Uptime · 24h
- 100%
- Uptime · 7 days
- 100%
- Uptime · 30 days
- 99.96%
- Response time
- 53 ms
- Tracked incidents
- 0
- SSL certificate
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Is Proton VPN down, or is it just you?
Multiple independent check rounds from rimetry's monitoring infrastructure, run seconds apart.
Our checks reached Proton VPN successfully in every round of the last check cycle.
| Check round | Last check | Success rate (24h) | Avg response |
|---|---|---|---|
| Round 1 | Reachable | 100% | 542 ms |
| Round 2 | Reachable | 100% | 529 ms |
| Round 3 | Reachable | 100% | 500 ms |
| Round 4 | Reachable | 100% | 516 ms |
Based on 360 automated checks in the last 24 hours. Each round is an independent pass over the same endpoint, seconds apart — a single failing round is not an outage; repeated failures across rounds are.
What can be affected on Proton VPN?
These are the main Proton VPN functions that can experience separate issues.
- Login & authenticationTest signing in from a private browser window or another device
- NetworkingTest from a second network path before opening a ticket
- Mobile appForce-close and reopen the app, then retry on mobile data
- Desktop appCompare the desktop app with the web version
This list shows which parts can fail on their own. It does not mean any of them is failing right now — the live status above is the only claim we make about the current state.
Incident timeline
No incidents reported. Everything is green.
Proton VPN appears stable across all monitored regions. Community reports in the last hour are within normal noise levels.
Monitoring live signals…
No disruptions detected
No regional issues yet
About Proton VPN
Proton VPN offers encrypted internet routing through a network of Secure Core servers to protect user privacy and bypass geographic content restrictions. Subscribers utilize the service to mask IP addresses and secure public Wi-Fi connections via dedicated desktop and mobile clients. Common failure points include the inability to establish a handshake with specific server nodes or a complete collapse of the API responsible for fetching the server list. Rimetry maintains a constant watch over the VPN's infrastructure by testing connection points from various regions to identify widespread network instability.
Problems with Proton VPN can affect login & authentication, networking, mobile app independently.
Proton VPN (protonvpn.com) is a cloud & security service monitored continuously by rimetry's automated checks. We probe its public endpoints every 60 seconds in repeated independent rounds to detect outages and latency spikes the moment they happen.
Right now Proton VPN is reporting as operational across our probes, with an average response time of 53 ms and 100.00% uptime over the last 24 hours. Most users connecting to protonvpn.com are seeing it work normally.
Common causes of disruption for services like Proton VPN 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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What is Proton VPN?
Proton VPN is a popular online service tracked by rimetry. Outages and incidents are monitored 24/7 across multiple regions.
Proton VPN is part of our Cloud & Security category. You can also review current trending outages across the internet.
Common issues
- · Console or management API unavailable
- · Region-specific errors while other regions are healthy
- · Authentication and permission failures
- · Elevated latency at the network edge
Similar patterns often surface across other cloud & security providers — cross-check against the global outage map.
Troubleshooting
- · Test signing in from a private browser window or another device
- · Test from a second network path before opening a ticket
- · Force-close and reopen the app, then retry on mobile data
- · Compare the desktop app with the web version
- · Identify whether the control plane or the running workload is affected — they fail separately
- · Check a second region before concluding the whole provider is down
- · Verify DNS resolution and certificate validity from your side
- · Review IAM changes made recently; permission errors mimic outages
- · Retry idempotent operations with backoff
- · Check Proton VPN's official social channels
Not sure whether it's you or the service? Run a live speed test, check what your IP looks like from the edge, or watch for regional trouble on the worldwide outage map. For the wider picture, browse recent incidents or filter down to cloud & security.
FAQ
- Is Proton VPN 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. - Is Proton VPN Login & authentication down?
Login & authentication can fail on its own, separately from the rest of Proton VPN. Compare the live status above with your own test of that specific function. - Where can I see past Proton VPN incidents?
Every event we've recorded lives in the live incident feed, and older ones are grouped in the monthly incident archive. - What else is broken right now?
See the trending outages page or narrow it to cloud & security.