Wikipedia outage, 28 October 2026

Wikimedia API is unavailable

Started
Resolved
28 Oct 2026, 06:41 UTC (after 1 h 45 min)
Impact
Not stated
Affected
Reading, Editing

Is this still happening?

No. Wikipedia marked this incident resolved on 28 Oct 2026, 06:41 UTC, 1 h 45 min after it began.

Right now: Wikipedia reports all systems operational. (as of 28 Oct, 07:38 UTC) Live Wikipedia status

Last update from Wikipedia

This incident has been resolved.

28 Oct 2026, 06:41 UTC

Read the full incident on the official Wikipedia status page

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