Midterm Elections - Bluesky status: Users report problems. Is Bluesky down right now?

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It took ages to log in Bsky today

Status updates Last 30 days

Aug 16, 2026

We are experiencing an issue and are investigating

We have identified the root cause of the incident and we are continuing to work to restore service.

Updated on 14:58 GMT+00:00

https://status.bsky.app/

 Bluesky status: Users report problems. Is Bluesky down right now?

Users of the Bluesky app are reporting an outage.

As of Aug. 16 at 11:41 a.m., there are more than 2000 reports on Downdetector.comrelating to the app not working.

Built on the AT Protocol, Bluesky is a decentralized social network that gives users custom feeds, real-time posting, and total control over their social discovery.Built on the AT Protocol, Bluesky is a decentralized social network that gives users custom feeds, real-time posting, and total control over their social discovery.

Bluesky outage is also trending on Google.

No word on when the outage will end.

Bluesky down or just me? 

Keep getting 'failed to reach upstream service" or something akin to this error message. Is anyone unable to use the site? Eh, whatever...

No desktop. No app. Entire platform down.