This story is being continuously updated…. New updates are being added at the bottom…..
Original story (from Feb 18, 2019) follows:
This article is a collection of major outages and service disruptions that happened today…
Bitly outage
Popular URL shorter service Bitly is currently down. If you try accessing the official Bitly website, you’ll either find it inaccessible or the website currently says:
Of course, users are taking to social media platforms to share the news.
https://twitter.com/AMummyToo/status/1097438653863919617 https://twitter.com/ThaerI/status/1097437802030157824 https://twitter.com/SRISTIORG/status/1097435309569134597
And some are annoyed:
The official Bitly team hasn’t said anything so far about this site refresh, but we are looking for more details. Will update the story as and when we find more information.
Update 1
The Bitly status page confirms it’s a major outage affecting Branded Short Domain Redirects, Website (Bitly.com), API, and Metrics. Bit.ly Redirects, however, are working fine.
The company has identified the root cause and is working to fix the problem. Here’s what the status page says:
Update 2
Bitly now says they’ve implemented a fix. So the problem should be over soon.
As we can see, the site is back up now as well.
Update 3
We are now again seeing user reports that say Bitly has gone down for them.
https://twitter.com/longitude_prize/status/1097486451078500353 https://twitter.com/missy_anj/status/1097488084042768386
The official Bitly status page currently says everything is operational. Anyway, we are keeping a close tab, and will continue to offer updates here.
Developing….
HSBC telephone lines not working in UK
We are now seeing reports of HSBC telephone lines not working.
https://twitter.com/markelmes/status/1097484951455440896 https://twitter.com/Vixylyx/status/1097485254980452352 https://twitter.com/kaiserblueeyes/status/1097485210264969217 https://twitter.com/ReportOutage/status/1097486658692362240
The bank has acknowledged the issue.
https://twitter.com/HSBC_UK/status/1097484004994023425 https://twitter.com/HSBCUKBusiness/status/1097489410076143617
Reports of more problems:
https://twitter.com/NicJohnson25/status/1097491397274468358 https://twitter.com/Ali30307276/status/1097491083829956609 https://twitter.com/Nicola_K_Photog/status/1097493460125446144
Microsoft Teams down and not working
It’s now coming to light that the Microsoft Teams service is currently down. Users are encountering error 500 while logging into the service.
https://twitter.com/ArufeMichael/status/1097496398847725568 https://twitter.com/wictor/status/1097495418018119681 https://twitter.com/kventil/status/1097495087959982080
Seems to be a worldwide outage:
https://twitter.com/markusalt/status/1097506259400572929 https://twitter.com/_Techniac/status/1097513114185224192
Going by reports, outage could be a limited to some use cases:
https://twitter.com/sannamarilka/status/1097497451097931777 https://twitter.com/pettersh/status/1097495924044115968 https://twitter.com/chadvoller/status/1097500115529592832
We are looking for more info. Keep checking back.
Microsoft has acknowledged the problem:
https://twitter.com/MSFT365Status/status/1097504294570463232
An affected user has shared a potential workaround that has worked in some cases.
Try it out and let us know if it worked for you.
The service is slowly coming back up.
https://twitter.com/LeeWinbush/status/1097533717965426688 https://twitter.com/mohankonuru/status/1097533981858373637
Although there are still intermittent issues.
Update 4
Another update from Microsoft:
https://twitter.com/MSFT365Status/status/1097549451562954752
Cox outage
While Microsoft Teams outage is going on, we are seeing reports for outage as Internet, cable TV, phone and smart home services provider Cox. Here are a few reports:
https://twitter.com/gidget5326/status/1097516578994905088 https://twitter.com/the_deepak75/status/1097516522787033088 https://twitter.com/ReportOutage/status/1097509560624074752 https://twitter.com/workconsultants/status/1097516839096254464
For its part, Cox customer care is confirming area wise outages:
https://twitter.com/CoxHelp/status/1097509760361025536 https://twitter.com/CoxHelp/status/1097515056210890754
Many users are not able to reach customer care as well:
We’re looking for more info, and will offer regular updates here. So keep checking back.
No ETA for fix yet, at least for North Virginia region.
More useful info for affected users:
Some users are now seeing ETA for fix.
Update 3 (March 19, 2021)
Going by reports surfacing on Twitter and Down detector, it appears that COX internet is not working for some as of writing this. Here’s a live outage map:
Update 4 (March 31, 2021)
Down detector conveys Cox is undergoing an outage as of writing this. Here’s the live outage map:
Pokemon Go not working
Users of popular game PokemonGo are now reporting an outage of sorts. Apparently, a new update has caused issues. For it’s part, a Niantic rep has confirmed the problem on Twitter.
And here’s official confirmation:
Update 5 (June 11, 2020)
Microsoft Teams is down and not working as of writing this. Downdetector conveys an outage in the US as can be seen in the image of the live map below.
Update 6 (July 21, 2022)
09:04 am (IST): Fresh reports indicate that Microsoft Teams is currently down and not working for users around the world.
Fortunately, the company, via Twitter, confirmed that they are aware of the problem and are working on a fix.
11:54 am (IST): In a recent statement, the Microsoft team confirmed that many users are getting Microsoft Teams related services back to work properly.
The company is currently focused on mitigating the remaining impact of the issue.
06:30 pm (IST): Fresh user reports on Downdetector indicate that the recent outage with Microsoft Teams has now been resolved.
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