San Francisco, California – Bluesky, a social media platform, faced a major outage that lasted for about an hour on Thursday evening, leaving users unable to access their feeds or log in to the mobile app. The outage affected not only individual users but also certain Verge colleagues. However, the company has since resolved the issue and reported that all systems are operational.
According to a message posted on Bluesky’s status page at 6:55PM ET, the outage was caused by “major PDS networking problems” that the company was investigating. By 7:38PM ET, Bluesky had identified the likely root cause of the issue and was in the process of applying a fix to their systems. Shortly after, at 7:54PM ET, Bluesky’s CTO, Paul Frazee, confirmed that the platform was back online and that they were still working to address any lingering issues.
This outage comes on the heels of a similar incident in November, where Bluesky experienced slow-loading feeds and notifications due to downtime from one of their internet providers because of a cut fiber cable. Despite the challenges faced by the platform, Bluesky has been quick to address and resolve any technical issues that arise.
With Bluesky now back to normal operations, users can once again access their feeds and continue using the social media platform without any interruptions. The company’s swift response to the outage demonstrates their commitment to providing a reliable and responsive service to their users.