Bluesky Hit With Outage After a Fiber Cable Was Cut
Bluesky goes down for some on its 'highest traffic day ever.' It blames one of its internet providers for the outage.
www.pcmag.comI don’t currently have real-time access to live outage Status pages, but here’s the latest I can summarize from recent coverage:
- Bluesky has experienced notable outages in early-to-mid 2025 and again in 2026, with users reporting feeds not loading and periods of downtime across regions. Multiple outlets noted that Bluesky outages often coincide with surges in sign-ups or high traffic periods, and in several cases the company did not immediately provide a detailed public workaround or timeline.[2][3][6]
- Independent outlets and tech news channels have reported on ongoing stability challenges as Bluesky scales its user base, including backend service issues affecting core feed functionality and occasional temporary blocks or degraded performance while fixes are deployed.[8][2]
- There is mixed guidance from sources: some outages resolved within hours with Bluesky returning to normal, while others have longer remediation windows or require users to re-login or wait for official statements. For example, coverage from late-2024 to 2025 described outages that were resolved and later recurred as traffic patterns shifted.[3][6]
Would you like a quick, live-update checklist to verify Bluesky’s status right now (e.g., API status, user reports, official posts), and I can assemble the steps and any potential workarounds you can try? I can also pull the very latest public articles if you want me to fetch current reports.