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Wikipedia and other sites slow or unavailable

Major Impact Resolved Duration: 1h 35m August 25, 2026
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Current answer

Wikimedia experienced a major incident: Wikipedia and other sites slow or unavailable. ServiceAlert observed recovery on Aug 25, 2026.

Official Wikimedia status page Current Wikimedia status ServiceAlert observed status change:

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Incident Timeline

Monitoring
A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the results.
Aug 25, 2026 at 7:33 PM UTC
Investigating
We are aware that many users are having trouble accessing Wikipedia and other Wikimedia sites, and we are investigating.
Aug 25, 2026 at 6:24 PM UTC
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