If you’re having trouble viewing Reddit, you’re not alone. Downdetector shows a spike in outages and problems at the site. Reddit acknowledged the problem on Wednesday, saying it has implemented a fix and is monitoring the results.
Reddit told Engadget that an update was the culprit. “An update we made caused some instability,” a company spokesperson said. “We reverted and are seeing Reddit ramp back up.”
If you tried to visit Reddit this morning, you likely saw a message reading, “Server error: We have encountered an error. Please try again later.” The company’s system status page showed a “partial outage” for the desktop web, mobile web and mobile apps.
Later (at least for me), pages began to load again. The status page was also updated to show that desktop, mobile and apps are operational.
Meanwhile, Downdetector’s status page (above) showed a sharp upward trend in problems starting at around 11:20 AM ET.
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