Archive of Our Own (AO3) is currently down for maintenance, with service restoration estimated at around 2 weeks but potentially up to 4 weeks. The team is hopeful of bringing the site back in a degraded state sooner, though temporary shutdowns may occur until fully resolved. Initial reports on Oct 29, 2026 at 07:13 UTC identified the maintenance, with updates following at 09:03 UTC estimating at least 12 hours, and a 17:41 UTC update providing the extended timeline.
The outage affects the Archive of Our Own, a major fan fiction platform.
Source: Hacker News · Summarized by HeadlinesBriefing