Site status updates for the Archive of Our Own, a Hugo Award-winning project of the Organization for Transformative Works (@transformativeworks.org)https://bsky.app/profile/status.archiveofourown.orghttps://bsky.app/profile/status.archiveofourown.org/post/3mm7qzsbvb22u#AO3's March code releases included a slew of collection, bookmark, and history bug fixes, as well as several improvements for site admins. Read more at ao3-news.org/v-0-9-468 https://ao3-news.org/v-0-9-46819 May 2026 15:58 +0000at://did:plc:u76yrylngrgpsvxaanreeup4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm7qzsbvb22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/status.archiveofourown.org/post/3mlyh264vep24[update] Resolved: We have resolved the issue that was causing slowness. #AO3 should be back to functioning normally for all users! If you are still experiencing any issues past this point, please let us know. Thank you for your patience! https://stspg.io/m1cqny8f04m816 May 2026 18:10 +0000at://did:plc:u76yrylngrgpsvxaanreeup4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlyh264vep24https://bsky.app/profile/status.archiveofourown.org/post/3mlxsdos5qh27[update] Monitoring: #AO3 is currently experiencing some slowness. We’ve resolved the issue and are monitoring. Some users on older devices may still encounter errors as we continue making adjustments. https://stspg.io/m1cqny8f04m816 May 2026 12:00 +0000at://did:plc:u76yrylngrgpsvxaanreeup4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlxsdos5qh27https://bsky.app/profile/status.archiveofourown.org/post/3mjakluqmqk2d#AO3's February releases included new admin tools for our Support and Policy & Abuse teams, as well as a bunch of challenge and collection fixes and a host of small updates and improvements. We also upgraded to Rails 8 and Elasticsearch 9! Read more at ao3-news.org/v-0-9-46111 Apr 2026 19:20 +0000at://did:plc:u76yrylngrgpsvxaanreeup4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjakluqmqk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/status.archiveofourown.org/post/3mhvni4rgls2hTo improve account security, we now alert you if your #AO3 password matches a password known to be compromised on other sites. If you see this banner when logging in, please change your password. For more advice on protecting your account: otw-news.org/y8jnay3v25 Mar 2026 17:47 +0000at://did:plc:u76yrylngrgpsvxaanreeup4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhvni4rgls2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/status.archiveofourown.org/post/3mhnypazspk2u#OTW Systems volunteers have published a postmortem about the issues behind the unplanned #AO3 downtime in early March. Check it out on AO3: ao3-news.org/2v2en3bf22 Mar 2026 16:46 +0000at://did:plc:u76yrylngrgpsvxaanreeup4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhnypazspk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/status.archiveofourown.org/post/3mhadojxacw2s[update] Resolved: #AO3 and #Fanlore are back! Our data center says they have disabled the upstream provider that was causing the outage, but we are continuing to monitor the situation. https://stspg.io/18tqz0nykpm017 Mar 2026 06:26 +0000at://did:plc:u76yrylngrgpsvxaanreeup4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhadojxacw2shttps://bsky.app/profile/status.archiveofourown.org/post/3mha7mzzta42b[update] Investigating: #AO3 and #Fanlore are currently down. We are investigating. https://stspg.io/18tqz0nykpm017 Mar 2026 05:13 +0000at://did:plc:u76yrylngrgpsvxaanreeup4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mha7mzzta42bhttps://bsky.app/profile/status.archiveofourown.org/post/3mh6xquxmrs2o https://ao3-news.org/v-0-9-45616 Mar 2026 17:19 +0000at://did:plc:u76yrylngrgpsvxaanreeup4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mh6xquxmrs2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/status.archiveofourown.org/post/3mga4mr2p3u23[update] Resolved: The fix we applied 24 hours ago appears to be holding, so we are resolving this incident. We thank everyone for their patience! https://stspg.io/wmrmrctkrfx404 Mar 2026 10:54 +0000at://did:plc:u76yrylngrgpsvxaanreeup4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mga4mr2p3u23https://bsky.app/profile/status.archiveofourown.org/post/3mg5czojslp2k[update] Monitoring: We have made some adjustments based on recommendations from our database vendor and will continue to monitor their impact on system stability. https://stspg.io/wmrmrctkrfx403 Mar 2026 08:11 +0000at://did:plc:u76yrylngrgpsvxaanreeup4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mg5czojslp2khttps://bsky.app/profile/status.archiveofourown.org/post/3mg4wzjprk52m[update] Investigating: Following guidance from our vendor, we've brought #AO3 back online to help troubleshoot. We expect the site will go back down, although we don't know when that will happen. If you choose to post or update your works while AO3 is up, we strongly recom... https://stspg.io/wmrmrctkrfx403 Mar 2026 04:36 +0000at://did:plc:u76yrylngrgpsvxaanreeup4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mg4wzjprk52mhttps://bsky.app/profile/status.archiveofourown.org/post/3mg4shbgrgs23[update] Investigating: AO3 is now fully down. After performing a software upgrade a few days ago, we've been unable to keep our server cluster healthy due to what we believe is a bug or issue with the new release of our database server software. We're working with our ve... https://stspg.io/wmrmrctkrfx403 Mar 2026 03:14 +0000at://did:plc:u76yrylngrgpsvxaanreeup4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mg4shbgrgs23https://bsky.app/profile/status.archiveofourown.org/post/3mg4cqn22cs27[update] Investigating: We are investigating reports of errors when trying to load AO3, including errors saying that AO3 is down, which seem to be related to the previous incident. We will update when we have more information! https://stspg.io/wmrmrctkrfx402 Mar 2026 22:33 +0000at://did:plc:u76yrylngrgpsvxaanreeup4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mg4cqn22cs27https://bsky.app/profile/status.archiveofourown.org/post/3mg3tkvjhh62v[update] Resolved: We have resolved the underlying issue, and #AO3 should be behaving as normal for all users again. https://stspg.io/yspf5680qd0n02 Mar 2026 17:58 +0000at://did:plc:u76yrylngrgpsvxaanreeup4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mg3tkvjhh62vhttps://bsky.app/profile/status.archiveofourown.org/post/3mg37fxltrl22[update] Monitoring: We have applied a fix, and #AO3 is accessible again for users. Potential slowness remains and certain VPNs may still be blocked until we verify everything is fully stable again. https://stspg.io/yspf5680qd0n02 Mar 2026 12:01 +0000at://did:plc:u76yrylngrgpsvxaanreeup4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mg37fxltrl22https://bsky.app/profile/status.archiveofourown.org/post/3mg2i5vqscu22[update] Investigating: #AO3 will remain down for at least several hours until we can consult our database vendor's support team and resolve the underlying issue. We're very sorry for the inconvenience. https://stspg.io/yspf5680qd0n02 Mar 2026 05:05 +0000at://did:plc:u76yrylngrgpsvxaanreeup4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mg2i5vqscu22https://bsky.app/profile/status.archiveofourown.org/post/3mg2672iwc222[update] Investigating: We are investigating reports of errors when trying to load AO3, including errors saying that AO3 is down. https://stspg.io/yspf5680qd0n02 Mar 2026 02:06 +0000at://did:plc:u76yrylngrgpsvxaanreeup4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mg2672iwc222https://bsky.app/profile/status.archiveofourown.org/post/3mfzzo6g3lh2y[update] Monitoring: #AO3 is back up! We appreciate your patience. We've got our protections against bot traffic turned up a bit higher than usual, so some users may experience problems if they're using a VPN or similar tools. https://stspg.io/yspf5680qd0n02 Mar 2026 00:45 +0000at://did:plc:u76yrylngrgpsvxaanreeup4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfzzo6g3lh2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/status.archiveofourown.org/post/3mfzthtnyhk27[update] Identified: We've identified the problem and are working on a fix. We expect to remain down for several more hours. We apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate your patience! https://stspg.io/yspf5680qd0n01 Mar 2026 22:54 +0000at://did:plc:u76yrylngrgpsvxaanreeup4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfzthtnyhk27https://bsky.app/profile/status.archiveofourown.org/post/3mfzlnes7te2m[update] Investigating: AO3 is currently down. We do not have an estimated return time currently. We're looking into it with one of our third-party support providers and will update when we have more information. Thank you for your patience! https://stspg.io/yspf5680qd0n01 Mar 2026 20:34 +0000at://did:plc:u76yrylngrgpsvxaanreeup4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfzlnes7te2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/status.archiveofourown.org/post/3mfzigdyvre2m[update] Investigating: We are continuing to investigate reports of slowness and errors when trying to load AO3, including errors saying that AO3 is down. https://stspg.io/yspf5680qd0n01 Mar 2026 19:37 +0000at://did:plc:u76yrylngrgpsvxaanreeup4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfzigdyvre2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/status.archiveofourown.org/post/3mfzeng6qmk2k[update] Investigating: We are currently investigating reports of slowness and errors when trying to load AO3. https://stspg.io/yspf5680qd0n01 Mar 2026 18:29 +0000at://did:plc:u76yrylngrgpsvxaanreeup4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfzeng6qmk2khttps://bsky.app/profile/status.archiveofourown.org/post/3mfptdsj4c22dWe released several batches of bug fixes and code updates in December, focusing on improvements to collections and challenges, error handling, and code optimization. ao3-news.org/v-0-9-452 https://ao3-news.org/v-0-9-45225 Feb 2026 23:25 +0000at://did:plc:u76yrylngrgpsvxaanreeup4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfptdsj4c22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/status.archiveofourown.org/post/3meytra7bms2pWe are aware that Yahoo Mail is not currently accepting emails from #AO3, and we are actively working to resolve the issue. We will update you when we know more!16 Feb 2026 20:02 +0000at://did:plc:u76yrylngrgpsvxaanreeup4/app.bsky.feed.post/3meytra7bms2phttps://bsky.app/profile/status.archiveofourown.org/post/3mesar7oe7x2d[update] Resolved: AO3 is once again fully functional; all issues should be resolved. If you are still experiencing any issues past this point, please let us know. Thank you for your patience! https://stspg.io/nckxhtyczn3f14 Feb 2026 05:06 +0000at://did:plc:u76yrylngrgpsvxaanreeup4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mesar7oe7x2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/status.archiveofourown.org/post/3merrmxth7t2k[update] Monitoring: We've made some adjustments to reduce the errors and are continuing to monitor the situation. https://stspg.io/nckxhtyczn3f14 Feb 2026 00:35 +0000at://did:plc:u76yrylngrgpsvxaanreeup4/app.bsky.feed.post/3merrmxth7t2khttps://bsky.app/profile/status.archiveofourown.org/post/3merpv6guzs2k[update] Investigating: AO3 is currently experiencing slowness and errors. We are aware and are actively investigating. https://stspg.io/nckxhtyczn3f14 Feb 2026 00:04 +0000at://did:plc:u76yrylngrgpsvxaanreeup4/app.bsky.feed.post/3merpv6guzs2khttps://bsky.app/profile/status.archiveofourown.org/post/3mehcvppvqs2pTo improve account security, #AO3 has updated our password change process to prevent users from choosing new passwords that are extremely short. We've also increased the maximum password length. To learn more about how to protect your account, check out: otw-news.org/y8jnay3v https://otw-news.org/y8jnay3v09 Feb 2026 20:45 +0000at://did:plc:u76yrylngrgpsvxaanreeup4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mehcvppvqs2p