Bluesky is back up after a major outage

Importance Score: 35 / 100 🔵


Bluesky Confronts Hour-Long Disruption

The social media platform Bluesky encountered a significant service interruption on Thursday evening, lasting approximately one hour. Users reported issues accessing their feeds, highlighting the platform’s vulnerability to network problems. This incident underscores the challenges faced by burgeoning social networks in maintaining consistent uptime.

Impact of the Bluesky Outage

During the outage, users experienced difficulties loading their feeds on both desktop and mobile applications. The browser version displayed a perpetual loading indicator, while the mobile app allowed logins but failed to populate the feed. Several users confirmed these network issues.

Official Statements Regarding the Incident

According to a statement posted on its status page at 6:55 PM ET, Bluesky acknowledged “major PDS networking problems” and announced an investigation into a “major outage with Bluesky hosted PDS instances.” By 7:38 PM ET, the company indicated that they had “identified a likely root cause and are rolling out a fix to the Bluesky PDS fleet.”

Bluesky Restores Service

At 7:54 PM ET, Bluesky CTO Paul Frazee announced, “we are back,” adding that the platform was “still clearing out the situation.” The Bluesky status page was also updated to reflect that all systems were operational.

Request for Comment

Bluesky did not immediately respond to requests for additional details about the disruption.

Previous Network Issues

This is not the first time Bluesky has experienced network-related issues. In November, users faced delays in loading feeds and notifications due to downtime experienced by one of its internet service providers, which was caused by a cut fiber optic cable. Bluesky reported that the November outage occurred on what was then its “highest traffic day ever,” indicating a potential correlation between peak traffic and service stability.

Update: Resolution Confirmed

Update: Bluesky initiated a remedy, and the site seems to have returned to typical functionality.


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