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Reddit is back online after hours-long outage affecting users globally

Reddit faced widespread accessibility issues, with users worldwide unable to access the platform via desktop or mobile apps.

Reddit is currently down for both web and mobile app users. (Image credit: Reddit)

Reddit services have been restored after a brief outage that lasted around an hour. While the social media platform has not yet acknowledged what caused the outage, it is now accessible both on the web and on the app. This is the third such outage experienced by the platform in the last three months.

Reddit down? No problem! pic.twitter.com/cCBdRNYViv

— Jesus (@gsusMad) October 14, 2024

Users from across the world were unable to access Reddit on the desktop. While it is unclear as to what exactly caused this issue, users reported seeing the “no healthy upstream” error on their desktop when they tried to access the platform. Some users also reported seeing error messages that read, “Upstream connect error or disconnect/reset before headers. reset reason: connection failure” as well as “Our CDN was unable to reach our servers.”

Reddit witnessed a global outage on Monday, October 14. (Image source: Downdetector)

According to DownDetector, there were over 200 reports of Reddit outages. Several users rushed to other social media platform like Facebook and X to post about the issue that they were facing. However, according to redditstatus.com, “All systems are operational.”

Good job @Reddit pic.twitter.com/pTVrUWzYhq

— Brennan (@brennankeller) October 14, 2024

Reddit had previously faced a similar outage back in September and August 2024. In both cases, the issue was swiftly resolved with the company calling the incidents a “degraded performance for Reddit.”

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