Archive of Our Own down updates – Thousands of users unable to access fanfiction site as AO3 admits there are ‘issues’

THOUSANDS of users have reported issues with Archive of Our Own since Monday morning.

Over 4,000 users in the U.S. reported issues on Downdetector Monday afternoon.

Most of the issues reported involved the website.

Archive of Our Own issued multiple tweets acknowledging the issue: “The Archive is experiencing some issues (as many of you have noticed). We’re looking into it, please stand by!”

Reports have been up and down since 2pm, with users reporting that the issue is resolved, only for the website to crash again minutes later.

As of 4pm, reports have spiked once again, and thousands of users are reporting that the website is back down.

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