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Norbert

(7,809 posts) Thu Apr 16, 2026, 04:38 AM Thursday

What is up with Bluesky?

Getting a 503 error on my laptop. My phone cannot find Bluesky either.

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What is up with Bluesky? (Original Post) Norbert Thursday OP

I just got an "oops, try again" niyad Thursday #1

I thought it was just me... MaeScott Thursday #2

Looks like canetoad Thursday #3

It's been down for a while. Sector 001 Thursday #4

It's back up again blogslug Thursday #5

It worked for me but is loading very slow Takket Thursday #6

Up n' running for me purr-rat beauty Thursday #7

Finally loaded, very slow. Liberal In Texas Thursday #8

niyad

(133,084 posts)

1. I just got an "oops, try again"

Reply to Norbert (Original post)

Thu Apr 16, 2026, 04:45 AM

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MaeScott

(973 posts)

2. I thought it was just me...

Reply to Norbert (Original post)

Thu Apr 16, 2026, 05:03 AM

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Then I came here. DU is always on top of things. Guess they’re down for maintenance or being hacked.

canetoad

(20,820 posts)

3. Looks like

Reply to Norbert (Original post)

Thu Apr 16, 2026, 05:30 AM

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There are problems with the site.

https://downforeveryoneorjustme.com/bluesky#recent-user-reports

Sector 001

(325 posts)

4. It's been down for a while.

Reply to Norbert (Original post)

Thu Apr 16, 2026, 06:32 AM

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https://www.democraticunderground.com/109537949

blogslug

(39,189 posts)

5. It's back up again

Reply to Norbert (Original post)

Thu Apr 16, 2026, 07:13 AM

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Still a little glitchy for the moment. It happens occasionally.

Takket

(23,745 posts)

6. It worked for me but is loading very slow

Reply to Norbert (Original post)

Thu Apr 16, 2026, 07:26 AM

Thursday

Had to close the app and reload it and then it loaded quickly. Same thing happened a few days ago. Seems to be getting hung up sometimes trying to fetch new posts.

purr-rat beauty

(1,296 posts)

7. Up n' running for me

Reply to Norbert (Original post)

Thu Apr 16, 2026, 07:39 AM

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Liberal In Texas

(16,314 posts)

8. Finally loaded, very slow.

Reply to Norbert (Original post)

Thu Apr 16, 2026, 07:44 AM

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Now I'm getting this...
Hmm, some kind of issue occurred when contacting the feed server. Please let the feed owner know about this issue.
Message from server: Upstream server responded with a 503 error

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