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Guest    •   10 days ago  # 2 October 2026 + 3 -

I can't believe archive.org is down tonight! How exasperating!
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Guest    •   56 days ago  # 17 August 2026 + 3 -

Dealing with a power outage. Apologies for the disruption in service.
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Guest    •   110 days ago  # 24 June 2026 + 6 -
Cannot access URL

Cannot access archive.org.
Hmmm… can't reach this page
It looks like openlibrary.org closed the connection.
Try:
Checking the connection
Checking the proxy and the firewall
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Guest    •   153 days ago  # 12 May 2026 + 3 -

Archive.org is temporarily offline. We are working to restore access. Apologies for the disruption!
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Guest    •   200 days ago  # 26 March 2026 + 3 -

18:15-20:15

We are experiencing a fiber outage in San Francisco. Hope to be back online soon. Apologies for the disruption!
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Guest    •   326 days ago  # + 3 -

Early afternoon 2025 May 29. Every video upload, edit is being flagged as a content violation & geo-restricted. Site or account hack?
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Guest    •   397 days ago  # + 6 -

Archive.org is temporarily offline. We are working to restore access. Apologies for the disruption!
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Guest    •   492 days ago  # + 6 -

Archive.org is temporarily offline. We are working to restore access. Apologies for the disruption!
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Guest    •   500 days ago  # + 2 -
Possible Hack

Early afternoon 2025 May 29. Every video upload, edit is being flagged as a content violation & geo-restricted. Site or account hack?
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Guest    •   534 days ago  # + 1 -
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-1 OR 2+39-39-1=0+0+0+1
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Guest    •   546 days ago  # + 2 -

I was watching a video, then it started skipping frames due to freezing and lagging. Can you help me out?
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Guest    •   553 days ago  # + 2 -

We are experiencing a power outage. Engineers are working on it now.
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Guest    •   564 days ago  # + 2 -

Alright Km, Take Your Time Until The Login Will Be Return Soon
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Guest    •   698 days ago  # + 2 -

After waiting for a month, it's now being slow today. Please fix it
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Guest    •   710 days ago  # + 0 -

it's been two months and I still can't watch movies online yet
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Guest    •   711 days ago  # + 0 -

I wish they hurry up so I can watch movies on archive.org
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Guest    •   716 days ago  # + 1 -
I’m Not Sure How Did I Login in this Time?

Maybe Its Say We're sorry. Login is not allowed at this time. The latest updates can be found on X / Twitter, Bluesky, and Mastodon. So Please Wait For a While
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Guest    •   717 days ago  # + 0 -

I’ll Trying To Login Too. But Still. I Can’t Login To My Account? I Wish The Website Need To Fix it.
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Guest    •   719 days ago  # + 0 -

Tomorrow is Wednesday
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Guest    •   719 days ago  # + 2 -

Site is down again!
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Guest    •   720 days ago  # + 1 -

I can't get the video player work again, I want it back to normal.
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Guest    •   723 days ago  # + 1 -

WHAT THE FREAKIN HELL??!! I WANT THAT INTERNET ARCHIVE BACK TO NORMAL!!!
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Guest    •   724 days ago  # + 4 -

But I am glad that SN_Blackmeta is terminated from Twitter!
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Guest    •   724 days ago  # + 4 -

No, Nick Girtz. Don't say that. It takes time!
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Guest    •   724 days ago  # + 1 -

It will return on Wednesday!
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Guest    •   725 days ago  # + 1 -
WNAR is off the air!

WNAR AM 1110 (Philadelphia) is off the air due to the cyber attack of the Internet Archive. WNAR is a radio station that runs old time radio shows. Most of the old time radio programs are from Archive.org,
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Guest    •   725 days ago  # + 0 -

Oh my God. I thought it was supposed to fix today and now it's postponed? What in the actual hell?
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Guest    •   725 days ago  # + 3 -

SN_Blackmeta should get grounded via Vyond.
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Guest    •   725 days ago  # + 1 -

It takes time. It’s been 7 days. But the suspect is arrested for this.
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Guest    •   725 days ago  # + 0 -

I thought you gonna fix it.
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Guest    •   726 days ago  # + 1 -

SN_Blackmeta must face 10 years in prison and/or a $360,000 fine!
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Guest    •   727 days ago  # + 1 -

It will return on Wednesday!
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Guest    •   727 days ago  # + 0 -

Archive's broken! Fix it NOW!
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Guest    •   728 days ago  # + 2 -

Finally, DDOS is Gone! Let’s Go!!!!
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Guest    •   728 days ago  # + 2 -

That hacker will be executed for guilt for what they did to Internet Archive!!
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Guest    •   728 days ago  # + 2 -

GOOD NEWS! The DDOS attacker was terminated from Twitter! Twitter did punish him!
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Guest    •   729 days ago  # + 0 -

DDOS Need To Leave Archive.Org Alone.
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Guest    •   729 days ago  # + 1 -

The DDOS attacker was arrested. It was SN_BlackMeta.
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Guest    •   729 days ago  # + 2 -

The DDOS attacker is SN_BlackMeta. I had to block him on Twitter as punishment!
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Guest    •   730 days ago  # + 0 -

I Wish Hacker Was Never Born
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Guest    •   730 days ago  # + 0 -

I hate the DDOS attack! Who ever did it will get arrested!
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Guest    •   730 days ago  # + 0 -
Internet Archive

The data is safe.

Services are offline as we examine and strengthen them. Sorry, but needed.
@internetarchive
staff is working hard.

Estimated Timeline: days, not weeks.

Thank you for the offers of pizza (we are set).
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Guest    •   731 days ago  # + 0 -

Hopefully the DDOS ends tomorrow!
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Guest    •   731 days ago  # + 1 -
Internet Archive

What we know: DDOS attack–fended off for now; defacement of our website via JS library; breach of usernames/email/salted-encrypted passwords.

What we’ve done: Disabled the JS library, scrubbing systems, upgrading security.
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Guest    •   815 days ago  # + 0 -

I can't search anything!
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Guest    •   815 days ago  # + 1 -

something's wrong with the search engine. it keeps saying it encounters errors when looking stuff up
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Guest    •   867 days ago  # + 0 -

We are continuing to experience service disruptions due to a recurrence of a ddos attack. We’ll post updates in this thread.
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Guest    •   867 days ago  # + 0 -
Won't let me login

When I log in, it tells me it logged in, then sends me back to the homepage, completely logged OUT. Also the last 2 days this website simply just won't load, but that seems fixed for now
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Guest    •   867 days ago  # + 0 -

The connection to the site cannot be established.
The waiting time for a response from the site has been exceeded archive.org .
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Guest    •   868 days ago  # + 2 -

Archive's broken! Fix it NOW!
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Guest    •   868 days ago  # + 0 -

Down from Chicago VPN, like NordVPN endpoint
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Guest    •   868 days ago  # + 0 -
Borked servers

Internet Archive's servers seem to be borked. The website is returning the following error:
"503 Service Unavailable
No server is available to handle this request."
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Guest    •   868 days ago  # + 0 -

It is not loading, please check it.
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Guest    •   868 days ago  # + 2 -

Why is it all super slow
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Guest    •   920 days ago  # + 0 -

Won't load on new android phone using Chrome or Brave. Loads fine on Chromebook and Windows 10
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Guest    •   922 days ago  # + 0 -

site goes down like every 30 mins for 15+ mins
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Guest    •   922 days ago  # + 0 -
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this site is always so slow and is down half the time
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Guest    •   924 days ago  # + 0 -

Not working, blank page... :(
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Guest    •   1001 days ago  # + 0 -

can't log in without google
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Guest    •   1005 days ago  # + 0 -

They ask for donations but can't keep the site online regularly,
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Guest    •   1042 days ago  # + 1 -

Today december 5 the webpage wont display
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Guest    •   1079 days ago  # + 0 -
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The Internet Archive is the worst ever. So slow.
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Guest    •   1111 days ago  # + 1 -

getting constant borrow unavailable on all books
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Guest    •   1119 days ago  # + 0 -
Errors

I either get the red box "book unavailable at this time, try again later" or" Borrow unavailable only for persons with print disabilities". These errors are on any random book, even one I had just been reading!
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Guest    •   1125 days ago  # + 0 -
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Does not load during daytime hours. Gets to white screen and doesn't fully load lately.
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Guest    •   1140 days ago  # + 0 -
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slow servers
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Guest    •   1161 days ago  # + 0 -

Archive is offline.
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Guest    •   1168 days ago  # + 0 -
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The website always goes down every day.
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Guest    •   1300 days ago  # + 0 -

It take too slow to load I can’t access it
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Guest    •   1346 days ago  # + 1 -

Just says "The connection has timed out" in Mozilla Firefox...
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Guest    •   1356 days ago  # + 1 -

I can't access IA anymore, neither with Firefox nor Brave. 'Peer received a valid certificate, but access was denied'.
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Guest    •   1363 days ago  # + 0 -

Just receiving blank boxes when doing a search.
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Guest    •   1365 days ago  # + 0 -

It's down here in Canada...they must be scrubbing the history they don't want us to know...
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Guest    •   1365 days ago  # + 0 -

Temporarily Offline

Internet Archive services are temporarily offline.

Please check our Twitter feed for the latest information.

We apologize for the inconvenience.
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Guest    •   1421 days ago  # + 0 -
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Can pull up the title for an old tv series but it refuses to play.
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Guest    •   1481 days ago  # + 0 -
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Just one of the greatest resources in the world for literature, obscure ephemera preserved, and videos that are not monetized. A treasure that must be protected.
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Guest    •   1484 days ago  # + 0 -

Temporarily Offline
Internet Archive services are temporarily offline.

Please check our Twitter feed for the latest information.

We apologize for the inconvenience.
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Guest    •   1509 days ago  # + 0 -

I just used this site like last week and it was working fine. Such a shame if it's down because of the lawsuit. It's one of the best sites to find books in Spanish :( hope they're back up and running soon.
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Guest    •   1509 days ago  # + 0 -

i hope this won't grow into something much bigger
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Guest    •   1509 days ago  # + 0 -

When will Archive.org get fixed? It is taking too long.
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Guest    •   1509 days ago  # + 0 -

I want Archive.org to be fixed NOW!
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Guest    •   1509 days ago  # + 0 -

I too have discovered this. It was working fine yesterday, and now it isn't. If it's a lawsuit thing as one of the comments indicates, does that mean that it will never be coming back until/unless the lawsuit is ended?
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Guest    •   1509 days ago  # + 0 -

When will archive.org get all better again?
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Guest    •   1509 days ago  # + 0 -

Archive is still broken.
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Guest    •   1509 days ago  # + 0 -

I also faced this issue now
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Guest    •   1509 days ago  # + 0 -

down now, has been down a couple of hours.
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Guest    •   1509 days ago  # + 0 -

When going to archive.org it says problem loading page- it doesn't even open saying it is down for maintenance.
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Guest    •   1509 days ago  # + 0 -

Archive needs to start working again.
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Guest    •   1509 days ago  # + 0 -
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I love listening to old episodes of Suspense.
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Clear and fun to watch.
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Guest    •   1509 days ago  # + 0 -
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Archive.org preserved my media memories! Thank you!
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Guest    •   1509 days ago  # + 0 -

can anyone confirm if the site will be up again?
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Guest    •   1647 days ago  # + 0 -

The site is down!

It's giving either a "Scheduled Maintenance", "ERR_TIMED_OUT", or "ERR_CONECTION_REFUSED"
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Guest    •   1919 days ago  # + 0 -

pages load fine but downloads not moving
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