LinkedIn's turn to fall over: Outage hits thinkfluencer hub
(2024/03/06)
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- News link: https://www.theregister.co.uk/2024/03/06/linkedin_outage/
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Updated If you can't get into LinkedIn at the moment, you're not alone: The social network is unavailable due to an unexplained outage.
Visit the dotcom right now, and you'll be greeted not with stunning insights from thinkfluencers but a message saying: "An error has occurred." The site stopped working shortly before 1300 PT (2100 UTC), preventing people from logging in.
If you hit refresh a few times you might see a HTTP 500 message like the one below:
[1]
A more detailed error message from LinkedIn, mid-outage ... Click to enlarge
Yes, this could be a DNS screw-up. The message reads:
Unknown Host
Unable to locate the server; the server does not have a DNS entry. Perhaps there is a misspelling in the server name or the server no longer exists; double-check the name and try again. Please double-check the URL (address) you used, or contact us if you feel you have reached this page in error.
So far we're seeing reports of downtime from folks in Europe, and North and South America; it may well be a global outage. Downdetector.com has had a [2]surge in complaints, with more than 43,000 in the past hour from peeps unable to tell everyone how blessed they are or scroll through posts about how teamwork makes the dream work.
The Microsoft-owned site's [3]status page shows everything is OK, at time of writing, as does the [4]API health monitor. Clicking through to the LinkedIn developer site and we get [5]another error :
Our services aren't available right now
We're working to restore all services as soon as possible. Please check back soon.
This comes after a multi-hour outage at Meta [6]yesterday . ®
Updated to add at 2200 UTC
LinkedIn appears to be getting back on its feet and recovering. The status page now notes: "Some members may be experiencing issues on LinkedIn. We’re actively working on this and will provide updates as we have them. Thanks for your patience!"
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[1] https://regmedia.co.uk/2024/03/06/screenshot_linkedin_outage.png
[2] https://downdetector.com/status/linkedin/
[3] https://www.linkedin-status.com/
[4] https://www.linkedin-apistatus.com/
[5] https://www.developer.linkedin.com/
[6] https://www.theregister.com/2024/03/05/facebook_instagram_outage/
[7] https://whitepapers.theregister.com/
Visit the dotcom right now, and you'll be greeted not with stunning insights from thinkfluencers but a message saying: "An error has occurred." The site stopped working shortly before 1300 PT (2100 UTC), preventing people from logging in.
If you hit refresh a few times you might see a HTTP 500 message like the one below:
[1]
A more detailed error message from LinkedIn, mid-outage ... Click to enlarge
Yes, this could be a DNS screw-up. The message reads:
Unknown Host
Unable to locate the server; the server does not have a DNS entry. Perhaps there is a misspelling in the server name or the server no longer exists; double-check the name and try again. Please double-check the URL (address) you used, or contact us if you feel you have reached this page in error.
So far we're seeing reports of downtime from folks in Europe, and North and South America; it may well be a global outage. Downdetector.com has had a [2]surge in complaints, with more than 43,000 in the past hour from peeps unable to tell everyone how blessed they are or scroll through posts about how teamwork makes the dream work.
The Microsoft-owned site's [3]status page shows everything is OK, at time of writing, as does the [4]API health monitor. Clicking through to the LinkedIn developer site and we get [5]another error :
Our services aren't available right now
We're working to restore all services as soon as possible. Please check back soon.
This comes after a multi-hour outage at Meta [6]yesterday . ®
Updated to add at 2200 UTC
LinkedIn appears to be getting back on its feet and recovering. The status page now notes: "Some members may be experiencing issues on LinkedIn. We’re actively working on this and will provide updates as we have them. Thanks for your patience!"
Get our [7]Tech Resources
[1] https://regmedia.co.uk/2024/03/06/screenshot_linkedin_outage.png
[2] https://downdetector.com/status/linkedin/
[3] https://www.linkedin-status.com/
[4] https://www.linkedin-apistatus.com/
[5] https://www.developer.linkedin.com/
[6] https://www.theregister.com/2024/03/05/facebook_instagram_outage/
[7] https://whitepapers.theregister.com/
LinkedIn Signal to Noise ratio
The Man Who Fell To Earth
Is maximum when it's offline.
It's east to fail at scale
Anonymous Coward
And it's good to know after all these years that it's probably still DNS...
"An error has occurred."
Doctor Syntax
Surely the house style is "Something went wrong".
Considering it's Microsoft....
Any bets on whether or not it's something as banal as expired certs?