Critical incident

Wikimedia: Service disruption

Affected: Reading, Editing

Current status of Wikimedia: Operational — live Wikimedia status

Timeline

1. Sep 23, 2026, 17:26 UTC
   investigating
   We are currently investigating this issue.
2. Sep 23, 2026, 17:26 UTC
   investigating
   We are currently investigating this issue.
3. Sep 23, 2026, 17:42 UTC
   monitoring
   We are aware that many users had trouble accessing Wikipedia and other Wikimedia sites. We experienced a power failure and have moved services over to a different data center. Services should be restoring.
4. Sep 23, 2026, 18:48 UTC
   monitoring
   Services are in the process of coming up. We will update this page when resolved
5. Sep 23, 2026, 19:13 UTC
   resolved
   Services are back up. We are continuing to monitor.

Updates as published by Wikimedia (original).