Current answer
Wikimedia experienced a critical incident: Service disruption. ServiceAlert observed recovery on Sep 23, 2026.
Provider-reported start: . Notice published: .
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Incident Timeline
Monitoring
Services are in the process of coming up. We will update this page when resolved
Sep 23, 2026 at 6:48 PM 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.
Sep 23, 2026 at 5:42 PM UTC
Investigating
We are currently investigating this issue.
Sep 23, 2026 at 5:26 PM UTC
Investigating
We are currently investigating this issue.
Sep 23, 2026 at 5:26 PM UTC
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