Major incident

Medium: Medium outage

Current status of Medium: Operational — live Medium status

Timeline

1. Nov 5, 2026, 08:11 UTC
   investigating
   **[Medium.com](http://Medium.com) is currently experiencing an outage** We're aware that [Medium.com](http://Medium.com) & our mobile apps are currently unresponsive for some users. Our team is actively investigating the issue and working to restore service as quickly as possible. We'll share updates as we learn more. We apologize for the disruption.
2. Nov 5, 2026, 09:08 UTC
   resolved
   The issue has been resolved, and Medium.com is operating normally again. We apologize for the disruption.
3. Nov 5, 2026, 10:10 UTC
   investigating
   We're aware that [Medium.com](http://Medium.com) & our mobile apps are currently unresponsive for some users. Our team is actively investigating the issue and working to restore service as quickly as possible. We'll share updates as we learn more. We apologize for the disruption.
4. Nov 5, 2026, 10:36 UTC
   monitoring
   Medium is experiencing intermittent errors and elevated latency. We’re mitigating a surge in suspected bot traffic and monitoring the site closely. We’ll share another update as we learn more.
5. Nov 5, 2026, 11:09 UTC
   resolved
   Medium is operating normally again. We mitigated the suspected bot traffic, and errors and latency have returned to normal levels. We’ll continue to monitor the site.

Updates as published by Medium.