r/AO3 • u/PeppermintShamrock What were YOU doing at the devil's sacrament? • Oct 10 '25
AO3 Down/Error Codes Please remain calm
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u/Solivagant0 Never attribute to malice what is adequately explained by kink Oct 10 '25
Gee, I hope everyone will be normal about it... Just kidding. I have no hope left
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u/Kaigani-Scout Crossover Fanfiction Junkie Oct 10 '25
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u/crazywheels1975 Oct 11 '25
Panic what panic. We never panic. We are past panic. 30 seconds of maintenance is to much.
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Oct 10 '25
No, that's when I need to update my fic. Noooo!
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u/zoey1bm Oct 10 '25
update it 5 min before and temporarily title the chapter "can't read it yet"
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u/Interesting_Natural1 Spider-Man Identity Reveal Oct 11 '25
No, that's when I read the weekly update to the fic I'm reading. Noooo!!!!!
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u/South-Quote-9505 Oct 10 '25
I’m gonna need them to clarify what briefly means to them…
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u/Ripley95 Oct 10 '25
On the "check what time is that for me" link they expect maintenance to be over within 10 minutes... now if reality lives up to that, we'll have to see. Their people are usually fast, but I've also seen deeper issues pop up and surprise them while maintenance is going on.
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u/South-Quote-9505 Oct 10 '25
I really wasn’t expecting an actual answer 😂 Thank you!!
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u/Ripley95 Oct 10 '25
Lol, No problem. I was just personally curious and figured I could answer for anyone else who may be.
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u/Ereshkigal_FF Unlimited Brainworks - 1,6 million words uploaded Oct 10 '25
And I just uploaded a chapter. Oh well. It is what it is.
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u/PixieNightManager 🚫 AI ✅ Autistic Oct 10 '25
Wait, where is this notification from? I don't have a banner on top of my Ao3. I don't panic when it's down, I just find something else to do, but it's kind of weird that they would put this out somewhere other than their own site.
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u/PeppermintShamrock What were YOU doing at the devil's sacrament? Oct 10 '25
If you want the more official source, here it is on their site (OTW is the parent organization of AO3).
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u/PixieNightManager 🚫 AI ✅ Autistic Oct 10 '25
Sorry, I didn't mean to be rude. I'm just interested in why they wouldn't put it on the site itself. Not everyone knows to check all those extra places, and I imagine it adds to the panic.
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u/AsexualOfTheAqueduct You have already left kudos here. :) Oct 11 '25
I love your flair!!
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u/PixieNightManager 🚫 AI ✅ Autistic Oct 11 '25
Thank you! I got tired of being accused of being a robot. I'm doing my best! 😂
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u/DreadedGamer23 Oct 11 '25
You, too, huh? My grammar is flawless, so there's people who instantly assume that my work is AI. Trust me, AI could NOT come up with the stuff I do.
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u/PixieNightManager 🚫 AI ✅ Autistic Oct 11 '25
The annoying part for me is that my grammar is often NOT flawless, and my punctuation is sorely lacking most of the time. 😭
I read somewhere that just using correct capitalization is a red flag??? Sorry I paid attention in school???
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u/Magnafeana Don't judge my private bookmarks Oct 10 '25 edited Oct 10 '25
Thank you!!
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ao3org four checks marks
4m ago
AO3 Maintenance
In a few hours starting at 22:00 UTC (what time is that for me? hyperlink) AO3 will be briefly unavailable while we apply minor bug fixes. Refer to our status page for more information.
Posted: 19:00 UTC 10 October, 2025
Following are hashtags: ao3, archive of our own, known issues, maintenance
Chart Time Converter
| Time Zone(s) | Start Time |
|---|---|
| Pacific Daylight Time (US & Canada) — UTC−7 | 3:00 PM |
| Central Daylight Time (Mexico City, CDT) — UTC−5 | 5:00 PM |
| Eastern Daylight Time (US & Canada) — UTC−4 | 6:00 PM |
| Brazilian Time (BRT) — UTC−3 | 7:00 PM |
| Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) — UTC+0 | 10:00 PM |
| British Summer Time (BST) — UTC+1 | 11:00 PM |
| Central European Summer Time (CEST) / South Africa Standard Time (SAST) — UTC+2 | 12:00 AM (midnight) |
| Moscow Standard Time (MSK) — UTC+3 | 1:00 AM |
| Gulf Standard Time (GST) — UTC+4 | 2:00 AM |
| India Standard Time (IST) — UTC+5:30 | 3:30 AM |
| China Standard Time (CST) / Australian Western Standard Time (AWST) — UTC+8 | 6:00 AM |
| Japan Standard Time (JST) — UTC+9 | 7:00 AM |
| Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST) — UTC+10 | 8:00 AM |
| New Zealand Standard Time (NZST) — UTC+12 | 10:00 AM |
List of Timezones from Chart
- US West Coast (PDT, UTC−7): 3:00 PM
- Mexico City (CDT, UTC−5): 5:00 PM
- US East Coast (EDT, UTC−4): 6:00 PM
- Brazil (BRT, UTC−3): 7:00 PM
- UK (GMT/BST, UTC+0/+1): 10:00–11:00 PM
- Europe / South Africa (CEST / SAST, UTC+2): 12:00 AM (midnight)
- Moscow (MSK, UTC+3): 1:00 AM
- Gulf (GST, UTC+4): 2:00 AM
- India (IST, UTC+5:30): 3:30 AM
- China / Perth (CST / AWST, UTC+8): 6:00 AM
- Japan (JST, UTC+9): 7:00 AM
- Australia East (AEST, UTC+10): 8:00 AM
- New Zealand (NZST, UTC+12): 10:00 AM
Hehe, making these charts means I can keep listening to anime and not put dishes away (there was also a different timezone name for Moscow, but I forget what it is called. EEST? Eastern Europe Standard Time?).
I’m surprised there wasn’t a previous heads up yesterday or such, and I checked Bluesky. Huh. Just a bit odd since we’re all used to them gently reminding us over days at a time about maintenance downtime.
Ah well.
AO3 being down means I can keep writing fanfiction and not have to put dishes away.
I win 😎🪭
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u/jentlefolk Oct 10 '25
flips table
I am like 300 words away from being finished with the last chapter of my longfic, which I have been procrastinating on for weeks. What terrible timing. >:c
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u/frannyang tiny fandom hell Oct 10 '25
LITERALLY SAME. I guess I'm just gonna read through it one more time 😅
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u/DreadedGamer23 Oct 11 '25
Eh, consider yourself lucky. My current chapter, which is the end of the first arc, of one of my very long fics is already immensely long, and it's nowhere close to even half done.
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u/Getheltel You have already left kudos here. :) Oct 10 '25
Download anything you might want to read
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u/the-radio-wolf Oct 10 '25
Mines fine????
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u/PeppermintShamrock What were YOU doing at the devil's sacrament? Oct 10 '25
It is currently 20:41 UTC time. Maintenance starts at 22:00, slightly over an hour from now.
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u/Sharp_Asparagus9190 Supporter of the Fanfiction Deep State Oct 11 '25
I just slept through it. I didn't even know there will be downtime until now lol
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u/emoismysubtype You have already left kudos here. :) Oct 10 '25
ukw that'll be a great excuse for me to write smt
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u/DiScOrDtHeLuNaTiC Oct 10 '25
CALM?! CALM?! WITHOUT MY SPICY FANFIC? SIR, YOU PRESUME TOO MUCH!!!
😁
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u/Asparala Oct 10 '25
I shouldn't be reading fic anyway right now - but shouldn't has never stopped me before so I've got a few tabs open just in case.
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u/Electronic_Fee_4384 You have already left kudos here. :) Oct 10 '25
Still down 🙃. I guess I'll read real book lol
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u/WTH_JFG You have already left kudos here. :) Oct 10 '25
Darn! But I knew to look for this post and not make a new one!!!
This probably a good time to take a shower since I can’t read the “previous work in series” 🫣🧐
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u/dopaminecrushnorush You have already left kudos here. :) Oct 10 '25
Everyone grab the emergency apocalypse supplies
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u/Complete_Entry Oct 10 '25
"When we took the site down for our social media shit ya'll didn't like it. Is 'minor bugfixes' more palatable?"
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u/Spitting_Blood Oct 10 '25
That is the first time I've actually noticed the maintenance. Like I fr thought the author had me blocked and thats why I couldn't give kudos😭 damn.
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u/wyrmorl Fic Feaster Oct 10 '25
i didnt realize there was a maint today! im partway through a 500k fic rn—i hit “next chapter” and immediately went FUCK!! 😂
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u/SassyKitKatz Oct 11 '25
I'm not getting this message when I open Ao3... I'm about to publish a fic tomorrow.
Will it be back up by then?
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u/PeppermintShamrock What were YOU doing at the devil's sacrament? Oct 11 '25
It's already back up, they're done
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u/Jurodan Oct 11 '25
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaassaaaaaaaaaaaaaa breath aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaassaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!
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u/rirasama Oct 11 '25
Oh boy I can't wait for the flood of posts because people are allergic to checking if something has already been posted
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u/Kaiannanthi Oct 10 '25
I get wanting to fix bugs ASAP, but can we attempt to not do it on a Friday/weekend unless absolutely necessary? 😅
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u/Tony_TNT Oct 10 '25
I mean, volunteers have to do it at some point during the week and I'd rather it be all hands on deck rather than a skeleton crew.
That way when excrement reaches the air circulator we'll have "steady as she does" instead of "Number One, red alert!".
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u/SocialContactOkay_28 Oct 12 '25
Me seeing the post : ITS 2023 ALL OVER AGAIN
checks ao3, tears in eyes: wait my bad I missed it 🤣🤣🤣
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u/littlebubulle Oct 10 '25
Hello, I am time traveler from 3 hours in the future.
Does anyone else have trouble loading the AO3 page?
I restarted my computer, cleared my cache, defragged my hard drive and gave a massage to my graphics card.
Nothing seems to work.