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Twitter Status
status.twitter.com · Company blog · on HN since 2008
Twitter's status page posted outage and service issue notices, running on Tumblr and later left unmaintained.
What HN saysHN comments mention it mainly when Twitter is down, noting its broken certificate, its claim of being operational, and that it was quietly deprecated.
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- 1Twitter is down41 people · 48 points · first shared 2009 · 4 comments on HN
- 2Follow Bug Discovered Remedied3 people · 16 points · first shared 2010 · 1 comments on HN
- 3Twitter experiences major, 2-hour+ outage2 people · 15 points · first shared 2010 · 9 comments on HN
- 4Twitter Site Issue2 people · 2 points · first shared 2013 · 2 comments on HN
- 5SEA related Twitter service issue2 people · 1 points · first shared 2013 · discussion on HN
- 6Instagram photo rendering issue2 people · first shared 2014
- 7Sign in issue2 people · first shared 2014
- 8Twitter is down1 people · 8 points · first shared 2012 · 1 comments on HN
- 9Twitter Shows the Whale after announcement of 3G iPhone.1 people · 6 points · first shared 2008 · 10 comments on HN
- 10Twitter Status: XSS attack identified and patched1 people · 5 points · first shared 2010 · discussion on HN
- 11Twitter Down1 people · 4 points · first shared 2013 · discussion on HN
- 12Twitter: Missing Followers (here's a new one)1 people · 4 points · first shared 2008 · discussion on HN
- 13Twitter experiencing 'stability issues'1 people · 3 points · first shared 2011 · discussion on HN
- 14Twitter Service Issue1 people · 2 points · first shared 2013 · discussion on HN
- 15Something wrong with Twitter1 people · 2 points · first shared 2011 · 1 comments on HN
What HN people wrote when they linked it
rsynnott · 2023-10-20
... Wait, so they _have_ a working one... but https://status.twitter.com, which has been the status location for about a decade, has had a broken cert for months?
Is there anyone left working there at all, or is it just Elon roaming the empty corridors as Jason Calacanis follows him telling him how marvellous he is?
O__________O · 2023-03-06
Worth noting Twitter’s status page claims it is “operational” and no events are listed under history section for past 180-days, which is obviously wrong:
- https://status.twitter.com/
* Not to mention the SSL certificate appears to be expired too.
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EDIT-01: Appears there’s a status page just for the API:
- https://api.twitterstat.us/
EDIT-02: Wow, Twitter is using Twitter to post status updates:
- https://twitter.com/TwitterSupport/status/1632792942262747136
seldo · 2013-04-10
You go to http://status.twitter.com/, which is powered by Tumblr which, in one of my favourite bits of Internet insanity, uses Twitter for status announcements: https://twitter.com/tumblr (there is a status.tumblr.com but it's blank).
aaronbrethorst · 2010-05-10
Not quite, yeah. I'm looking for something more along the lines of http://status.twitter.com/, specifically for the FB platform. thanks!
Btw, pity you folks aren't looking for PMs in Seattle right now. I'd love to apply :)
shrikant · 2023-10-20
I think parent meant this one: https://status.twitter.com/
Looks like Twitter have just quietly deprecated this page, given that it's powered by a completely different service.
eithed · 2022-12-29
> Typically you'd want your status page hosted on different infra too, so it doesn't go down when your main infra does, or even easier, out with a SaaS provider. There are a bunch who provide this.
There's a https://status.twitterstat.us/ (redirected from http://status.twitter.com) that should serve that purpose, but it displays even less information
Donald · 2022-11-07
Their status page has been reporting the wrong certificate all weekend: https://status.twitter.com/
It has also rotated through various content (404 page, etc) which suggests someone has been fruitlessly trying to resolve the problem. Rebuilding their internal knowledge about "how to run this Twitter thing" is going to be an adventure for those left.
advpetc · 2021-10-05
Just out of curiosity, does Facebook have a status page? Like http://status.twitter.com?
enzanki_ars · 2017-02-08
https://status.twitter.com/ redirects to https://status.twitterstat.us/: Shows that Twitter is working perfectly fine. I am still able to access Twitter on my end.
robin_reala · 2016-01-19
http://status.twitter.com/ , any of the Slack channels you have open, or HN.
nebulon · 2016-01-19
It is down for me here in Germany as well.
Just posting the status link http://status.twitter.com/
They are aware.
wgx · 2016-01-15
Nothing as yet on http://status.twitter.com/ but its also down for me.
JensRantil · 2015-11-19
Funny their status page hasn't been updated: http://status.twitter.com
xd1936 · 2015-10-15
Good now for me.
They haven't posted about it on the status blog yet:
http://status.twitter.com/
mmccaff · 2014-12-29
That workaround didn't work for me.
Auth from either / or /logout both come back with:
"Twitter is currently down for maintenance.
We expect to be back shortly. For more information, check out Twitter Status. Thanks for your patience!"
I first noticed this when the mobile app (Android) notified me of an auth error.
Still no word on http://status.twitter.com/
crabasa · 2014-03-11
Twitter Status page has been updated:
"Service issue - Most users are experiencing issues accessing Twitter on web and mobile apps. We’re looking into it."
http://status.twitter.com/
mekishizufu · 2014-03-11
> http://status.twitter.com is kinda down here (Italy).
Seems like we need http://status.status.twitter.com
NiVanc · 2014-03-11
Twitter is indeed down.
No message on http://status.twitter.com though.
sp332 · 2014-03-03
http://status.twitter.com/
No official comment (yet).
Edit: Here we go -
Brief service issue 14 minutes ago
Between 19:05 and 19:29 PST today, some users may have experienced issues viewing and sending Tweets on twitter.com and Twitter’s mobile apps.
Traffic was redirected away from the components that were experiencing problems, and the issue has now been resolved.
We apologize for any inconvenience.
roybarberuk · 2014-01-15
same for me, internal server error if already logged in
Edit: Nothing showing on http://status.twitter.com/
jameswyse · 2013-05-06
Seems to be working fine for me?
Twitter Status: http://status.twitter.com/ doesn't mention anything either.
rohit6223 · 2013-01-22
Twitter is very shy in posting status updates:
http://status.twitter.com/
while heroku floods their status page with automated updates almost daily:
https://status.heroku.com/
state_machine · 2012-12-12
Incidentally, this means every startup (and some of the bigger kids) that hosts its status page on Tumblr is missing a status page at the moment... eg:
http://status.twitter.com
fbuilesv · 2012-11-16
It's been shaky today for one of my apps (http://eventualtweet.com). Their status site doesn't show anything though (http://status.twitter.com/?b48b05d0).
damian2000 · 2012-07-26
What's the point of a status subdomain if it doesn't contain the current status? http://status.twitter.com/
ditoa · 2012-07-26
http://status.twitter.com/ is now reporting problems and that engineers are looking into it.
aeurielesn · 2012-06-21
Twitter Status - http://status.twitter.com/
No news at the status site either, that beats the purpose of having a dedicated status site.
lautis · 2011-04-29
"Elevated error rates on Twitter.com" – http://status.twitter.com/
expertio · 2011-02-26
So many countries are using it to conduct their revolution, no wonder Twitter has been quite unstable recently.
http://status.twitter.com/
yigit · 2010-05-10
here is the official twitter status blog: http://status.twitter.com/