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    Last checked from Substack publications official status page 3 min. 11 sec. ago

    Substack publications Status

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    StatusGator last checked the status of Substack on and the service was operational. There have been no user-submitted reports of outages in the past 24 hours. The last officially acknowledged outage was on .

    Substack publications service health

    This chart represents Substack publications service health over the last 24 hours, with data points collected every 15 minutes based on issue reports, page visits, and signal strength. Sign up for free to see more Substack publications status data.

    Service is up
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    Top reported issues

    View and upvote the most commonly reported Substack publications issues to help us better indicate the service status.

    • Connectivity issue
    • Error message
    • Server not responding
    • Sign in problem
    • Service down
    • Slow performance
    • Unable to download
    • App not loading
    • Other

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    Substack publications outage map

    Explore our interactive Substack publications outage map to monitor real-time incidents and service issues across the globe. This dynamic map highlights regions around the world affected by recent Substack outages, giving you a clear view of performance and downtime trends.

    Substack publications outage map

    How accurate is the Substack status page?

    StatusGator detects outages before they are officially acknowledged by providers. Here are some recent Substack disruptions that StatusGator customers knew about before the rest of the world:

    Substack status page accuracy rating

    This rating evaluates how quickly Substack acknowledges incidents, the consistency of updates, and whether reported issues align with actual service disruptions experienced by users. Learn more.

    C
    Fair

    Avg. delay 30 - 120 min

    This rating evaluates how quickly Substack acknowledges incidents, the consistency of updates, and whether reported issues align with actual service disruptions experienced by users. Learn more.

    A
    Excellent

    Avg. delay < 15 min

    B
    Good

    Avg. delay 15 - 30 min

    C
    Fair

    Avg. delay 30 - 120 min

    D
    Poor

    Avg. delay 2 - 4 hrs

    F
    Failing

    Avg. delay >= 4 hrs

    Incident description Duration StatusGator detected Officially acknowledged
    Service unavailable due to 500 Internal Server Error 29m
    Never acknowledged
    Substack not loading due to gateway errors 33m
    10m later
    Publishing and access issues due to network errors. 59m
    16m later
    Substack service unavailable with 502 Bad Gateway error. 31m
    18m later
    Service unavailable due to repeated 502 and 504 errors 32m
    1m later
    Bad gateway errors accessing the service 5m
    6m later
    Issues connecting due to 502 and 504 gateway errors. 22m
    Never acknowledged
    Several users are experiencing issues with the app crashing on launch. 46m
    19m later
    Incident description
    Service unavailable due to 500 Internal Server Error
    Duration
    29m
    StatusGator detected
    Officially acknowledged
    Never acknowledged
    Incident description
    Substack not loading due to gateway errors
    Duration
    33m
    StatusGator detected
    Officially acknowledged
    10m later
    Incident description
    Publishing and access issues due to network errors.
    Duration
    59m
    StatusGator detected
    Officially acknowledged
    16m later
    Incident description
    Substack service unavailable with 502 Bad Gateway error.
    Duration
    31m
    StatusGator detected
    Officially acknowledged
    18m later
    Incident description
    Service unavailable due to repeated 502 and 504 errors
    Duration
    32m
    StatusGator detected
    Officially acknowledged
    1m later
    Incident description
    Bad gateway errors accessing the service
    Duration
    5m
    StatusGator detected
    Officially acknowledged
    6m later
    Incident description
    Issues connecting due to 502 and 504 gateway errors.
    Duration
    22m
    StatusGator detected
    Officially acknowledged
    Never acknowledged
    Incident description
    Several users are experiencing issues with the app crashing on launch.
    Duration
    46m
    StatusGator detected
    Officially acknowledged
    19m later

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    Substack publications status history

    Since April 9, 2020, StatusGator has been monitoring Substack publications outages, downtime, and service disruptions to provide comprehensive insights into its status history. Over the years, we've tracked and logged service outages and problems reported on the official Substack Status Page.

    60 days ago Today
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    Warn
    Maintenance
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    Recent Substack publications outages and issues

    Follow the recent outages and downtime for Substack publications in the table below. If you're experiencing a problem now, check the current Substack publications status or report it.

    Incident Name Duration Started Severity
    Substack is experiencing issues
    36m
    warn icon Warn
    Scheduled database maintenance
    1h 25m
    maintenance icon Maint
    Substack experiencing increased latency
    55m
    warn icon Warn
    Substack experiencing increased latency
    54m
    warn icon Warn
    Substack experiencing increased latency
    15m
    warn icon Warn
    Incident name
    Substack is experiencing issues
    Duration
    36m
    Start
    Severity
    warn icon Warn
    Incident name
    Scheduled database maintenance
    Duration
    1h 25m
    Start
    Severity
    maintenance icon Maint
    Incident name
    Substack experiencing increased latency
    Duration
    55m
    Start
    Severity
    warn icon Warn
    Incident name
    Substack experiencing increased latency
    Duration
    54m
    Start
    Severity
    warn icon Warn
    Incident name
    Substack experiencing increased latency
    Duration
    15m
    Start
    Severity
    warn icon Warn

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    About our Substack publications status page integration

    Substack publications (Publishing platform for writers to start newsletters and podcasts) is a an Email solution that StatusGator has been monitoring since April 2020. Over the past almost 6 years, we have collected data on on more than 315 outages that affected Substack publications users. When Substack publications publishes downtime on their status page, they do so across 7 components using 4 different statuses: up, warn, down, and maintenance which we use to provide granular uptime metrics and notifications.

    If you're wondering, "Is Substack publications down?", or need to know its current status, we've got you covered. Our platform tracks every reported outage, performance issue, and maintenance window to ensure you're informed. Whether Substack publications is experiencing a problem now or has recently resolved one, our detailed history keeps you updated.

    Many StatusGator users monitor Substack publications to get notified when it's down, is under maintenance, or has an outage. We've sent more than 400 notifications to our users about Substack publications incidents, providing transparency and peace of mind. You can get alerts by signing up for a free StatusGator account.

    • Early Warning Signals

      If we detect a potential Substack publications outage or other issue before it was reported on the official status page we will send an Early Warning Signal notification to StatusGator subscribers. We can often detect issues before they are officially acknowledged by the provider, giving you a head start on resolving any potential problems.

    • Down Notifications

      If Substack publications is having system outages or experiencing other critical issues, red down notifications appear on the status page. In most cases, it means that core functions are not working properly, or there is some other serious customer-impacting event underway.

    • Warning Notifications

      Warn notifications are used when Substack publications is undergoing a non-critical issue like minor service issues, performance degradation, non-core bugs, capacity issues, or problems affecting a small number of users.

    • Maintenance Notifications

      Substack publications posts separate notifications for planned maintenance work. StatusGator will notify subscribers when Substack publications enters a pre-planned maintenance window, keeping you up to date.

    • Status Messages

      When Substack publications posts issues on their status page, we collect the main headline message and include that brief information or overview in notifications to StatusGator subscribers.

    • Status Details

      When Substack publications has outages or other service-impacting events on their status page, we pull down the detailed informational updates and include them in notifications. These messages often include the current details about how the problem is being mitigated, or when the next update will occur.

    • Component Status Filtering

      Because Substack publications has several components, each with their individual statuses, StatusGator can differentiate the status of each component in our notifications to you whenever a particular component is down. This means, you can filter your status page notifications based on the services, regions, or components you utilize. This is an essential feature for complex services with many components or services spread out across many regions.

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