Email Delays
Update - The email servers continue to catch up, about 83k emails remain in the queue.
Aug 04, 2025 - 12:06 UTC
Update - Our email queue still has about 183k emails to go. We're doing a couple things to try and catch up quicker, but it will still take some time to send all of these emails.
Aug 04, 2025 - 05:47 UTC
Identified - We have identified a problem with our mail servers which is causing delays in email. Emails are being sent as we speak, but it will take some time for things to catch up. Please bear with us!
Aug 04, 2025 - 02:17 UTC

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Welcome to the OTW status page! Below is the current server status of our projects. We will post incidents as we become aware of them and will provide updates as we have them.

Uptime over the past 90 days. View historical uptime.
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90 days ago
99.29 % uptime
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90 days ago
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100.0 % uptime
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No incidents or maintenance related to this downtime.

Aug 5, 2025

No incidents reported today.

Aug 4, 2025

Unresolved incident: Email Delays.

Aug 3, 2025

No incidents reported.

Aug 2, 2025

No incidents reported.

Aug 1, 2025

No incidents reported.

Jul 31, 2025

No incidents reported.

Jul 30, 2025

No incidents reported.

Jul 29, 2025

No incidents reported.

Jul 28, 2025
AO3 Outage
Resolved - AO3 is back online and the issue has been resolved. If you are still experiencing issues, please let us know. Thank you for your patience!
Jul 28, 17:37 UTC
Monitoring - We've run the fix and will keep monitoring to make sure things are back to normal.
Jul 28, 16:59 UTC
Identified - We've found the issue and a possible fix. We're currently working on it, but it may take a little time to complete. Thanks for your patience!
Jul 28, 16:36 UTC
Investigating - We are aware that AO3 is down and investigating the cause. We will update with more information shortly!
Jul 28, 15:39 UTC
[AO3] Delayed AO3 Emails
Resolved - Our servers have caught up on their backlog. Emails are now being sent out as normal!
Jul 28, 13:23 UTC
Monitoring - AO3 emails are currently delayed. No data has been lost: emails will still be delivered, just behind schedule. You may also get some duplicate emails. Thank you for bearing with us!
Jul 27, 18:48 UTC
Jul 27, 2025
Jul 26, 2025

No incidents reported.

Jul 25, 2025

No incidents reported.

Jul 24, 2025

No incidents reported.

Jul 23, 2025

No incidents reported.

Jul 22, 2025

No incidents reported.

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