Service outages: is it down?
How to check a specific service, read its official status feed, and tell a global outage from a local problem.
Is Xfinity down, or is my internet out?
No internet and wondering if it's Xfinity, Cox, Spectrum, or just your router? A 2-minute diagnosis that separates an ISP outage from a problem in your own house — honestly, including what a remote check can and cannot tell you.
MOTD, player count, ping: how Minecraft server status actually works
Where the server list gets its MOTD, player count, and latency from — the Server List Ping protocol, what it can and can't tell you, and why the player count is sometimes a lie.
Is Roblox down? How to check if it's Roblox or just you
Roblox won't load or you can't join a game? How to tell whether Roblox itself is down or it's just you, and what errors 277, 279, 267 and 268 mean.
Is GitHub down? How to check Actions, the API, Pages, and git itself
GitHub's homepage can load while Actions, the API, or git push fails. How to check each GitHub component, read the official status feed, and triage fast.
Is Twitch down? Stream not loading vs a real platform outage
Twitch stream not loading? How to tell a platform outage from a player, chat, or login problem, plus what error 2000, 3000, and 4000 actually mean.
Is Steam down? How to check the store, network, and game servers
Steam won't load, downloads stalled, or a game says 'servers unavailable'? How to tell whether Steam is down globally, one component is degraded, or it's your connection.
Is Coinbase down? Checking a crypto exchange during volatility
Coinbase frozen, trades failing, or the app spinning right when the market moves? How to tell whether Coinbase is down for everyone, throttling you, or it's your side, and why exchanges break under load.
Is ChatGPT down? How to check OpenAI status in 30 seconds
ChatGPT stuck loading or the API throwing errors? How to tell in 30 seconds whether OpenAI is down for everyone, rate-limiting you specifically, or it's just your network.
Is Claude down? How to check Anthropic's status in under a minute
Claude not responding, or the Anthropic API erroring inside your app? How to tell fast whether Anthropic is down for everyone, throttling your key, or it's a problem on your side.
Is Gemini down? How to check Google's AI status
Gemini stuck, refusing to answer, or the API returning errors? A quick way to tell whether Google's AI is down globally, degraded, rate-limiting you, or it's a local problem.
Is Discord down? How to check for everyone vs. just you
Discord won't connect, messages won't send, or voice keeps cutting out? A 60-second check to tell whether Discord is down globally, having a partial outage, or it's your network.
Is Cloudflare down today? How to read a Cloudflare outage
When Cloudflare has an incident, thousands of sites break at once. How to confirm it's really Cloudflare, which error codes point to it, and what you can (and can't) do about it.
Anatomy of a website outage: how sites actually go down
What happens between a working site and a 503 error, the failure categories, real named outages from each, and why status pages always lag the real impact.
How to check if a Minecraft server is online (without launching the game)
Hypixel, 2b2t, EarthMC, and the rest, a quick guide to telling whether a server is actually offline, just queueing you, or whether the problem is on your end.
What runs on AWS? A field guide to the cascade
When AWS us-east-1 hiccups, dozens of unrelated consumer services go dark together. Here's the dependency map most people don't realize exists, plus how to read an outage when it actually happens.
Is it down for everyone or just me? How to tell in 60 seconds
A three-step diagnostic that tells you whether a site outage is global, regional, or just your own network, before you escalate anything.