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Archive of Our Own Outages and Status

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Response Time:

115.24 ms.

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archiveofourown.org website response status history

Date and Time

Response Time

Status Code

Sep 19, 2024 - 16:42

115.24 ms.

200

Sep 19, 2024 - 06:33

116.2 ms.

200

Sep 18, 2024 - 12:33

184.38 ms.

200

Sep 18, 2024 - 04:32

184.32 ms.

200

Sep 17, 2024 - 19:58

no response

400

Sep 17, 2024 - 11:02

184.52 ms.

200

Sep 17, 2024 - 05:03

154.15 ms.

200

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