ReadMe outage history and status
Is ReadMe down right now?
No
All Systems Operational Official status as of Oct 26, 2026, 16:17 UTC (refreshing…)
Open incidents
99.96%
uptime, 90 days
5
incidents, 90 days
23 min
median time to fix
Oct 23, 2026
last incident
ReadMe components
- ReadMe Hubs Operational
- ReadMe Knowledge Base Operational
- Admin Dashboard Operational
- Developer Metrics Operational
- Owlbot AI Operational
- ReadMe Micro Operational
Upstream Providers
- Cloudflare CDN/Cache Operational
- Cloudflare SSL for SaaS Provisioning Operational
- Auth0 User Authentication Operational
- Auth0 Machine to Machine Authentication Operational
- Auth0 Management API Operational
ReadMe outage history
| Started (UTC) | Incident | Impact | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 23, 2026, 15:46 UTC | Elevated 503 Errors and Documentation Availability ReadMe Hubs, Admin Dashboard | Major | 23 min |
| Oct 14, 2026, 22:44 UTC | Projects are not loading ReadMe Hubs, ReadMe Knowledge Base, Admin Dashboard, Developer Metrics | Critical | 11 min |
| Sep 22, 2026, 14:22 UTC | Degraded Performance Across Hubs ReadMe Hubs, ReadMe Knowledge Base, Admin Dashboard | Minor | 2 h 22 min |
| Sep 8, 2026, 16:04 UTC | Admin interface outage Admin Dashboard | Critical | 12 min |
| Aug 21, 2026, 16:36 UTC | Slow search within customer hubs ReadMe Hubs | Minor | 1 h 45 min |
| Jul 24, 2026, 12:22 UTC | Degraded performance due to third-party infrastructure issues ReadMe Hubs, Admin Dashboard | Minor | 1 h 16 min |
| Jun 17, 2026, 15:28 UTC | API Reference Degradation | No impact | 2 h 41 min |
| May 28, 2026, 14:35 UTC | Refactored Hubs Down ReadMe Hubs, ReadMe Knowledge Base, Admin Dashboard | Major | 4 days 3 h |
| May 27, 2026, 17:08 UTC | ReadMe Refactored Outage ReadMe Hubs, ReadMe Knowledge Base, Admin Dashboard | Critical | 5 h 29 min |
| May 26, 2026, 17:41 UTC | Slow performance across customer hubs ReadMe Hubs, Admin Dashboard | Major | 10 h 13 min |
| May 26, 2026, 13:39 UTC | Degraded performance across Admin Hubs ReadMe Hubs, ReadMe Knowledge Base, Admin Dashboard | Major | 1 h 58 min |
| May 12, 2026, 14:15 UTC | Degraded performance across Admin Hubs ReadMe Hubs, ReadMe Knowledge Base, Admin Dashboard | Minor | 6 h 55 min |
| May 11, 2026, 15:43 UTC | Degraded performance across Admin Hubs ReadMe Hubs, ReadMe Knowledge Base, Admin Dashboard | Minor | 2 h 51 min |
| May 7, 2026, 23:43 UTC | Issues Creating New Changelogs Admin Dashboard | Critical | 3 h 35 min |
| Apr 28, 2026, 18:38 UTC | Creating branches is resulting in 500 errors ReadMe Hubs | Minor | 52 min |
| Apr 24, 2026, 12:17 UTC | Service disruption ReadMe Hubs, ReadMe Knowledge Base | Critical | 2 h 54 min |
| Apr 22, 2026, 14:35 UTC | Admin downtime ReadMe Hubs, Admin Dashboard | Major | 2 h 01 min |
| Apr 22, 2026, 02:59 UTC | Slow performance, increased 500 errors upon page load ReadMe Hubs, ReadMe Knowledge Base, Admin Dashboard | Minor | 44 min |
| Apr 20, 2026, 20:05 UTC | Increased Admin Response Times Admin Dashboard | Minor | 1 h 16 min |
| Apr 16, 2026, 16:07 UTC | Slow performance / 500 error pages ReadMe Hubs | Minor | 3 h 18 min |
| Apr 15, 2026, 17:18 UTC | Slow page performance ReadMe Hubs | Minor | 6 h 16 min |
| Apr 8, 2026, 18:11 UTC | Discussion posts throwing 500 errors ReadMe Hubs | Major | 3 h 36 min |
| Mar 31, 2026, 21:32 UTC | Readme high response times. ReadMe Hubs | Major | 24 min |
| Mar 30, 2026, 14:53 UTC | Issues with saving MDX ReadMe Hubs | Minor | 6 min |
| Dec 20, 2025, 01:40 UTC | ReadMe Hub Down ReadMe Hubs | Minor | 1 h 24 min |
51 incidents in our archive since February 24, 2025.
When and where ReadMe fails
By weekday
Most incidents start on Mon.
- Mon12
- Tue12
- Wed10
- Thu6
- Fri10
- Sat1
- Sun0
Most affected, last 12 months
- ReadMe Hubs23
- Admin Dashboard18
- ReadMe Knowledge Base11
- Cloudflare CDN/Cache2
- Developer Metrics2
- Owlbot AI1
- ReadMe Micro1
When ReadMe went down with others
- Oct 23, 2026, 14:48 UTC 27 services reported incidents within the hour
- Sep 22, 2026, 13:27 UTC 24 services reported incidents within the hour
- Jul 24, 2026, 10:36 UTC 27 services reported incidents within the hour
- May 28, 2026, 13:34 UTC 16 services reported incidents within the hour
- May 7, 2026, 23:43 UTC 61 services reported incidents within the hour
Other developer tools services
FAQ
- Is ReadMe down right now?
- At our last check ReadMe's official status page reported: All Systems Operational. This page refreshes the status every few minutes.
- How often does ReadMe go down?
- ReadMe reported 5 incidents in the last 90 days (3 major or critical), with 46 minutes of major outage: 99.96% uptime.
- When was the last ReadMe outage?
- The latest reported incident started on Oct 23, 2026, 15:46 UTC: "Elevated 503 Errors and Documentation Availability", resolved after 23 min.
- How long do ReadMe outages last?
- Half of ReadMe's incidents in the last 90 days were resolved within 23 min.
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