Fan fiction site AO3 is down, with recovery possibly taking weeks

Archive of Our Own, the fan fiction site, is offline and reportedly could be down for up to four weeks, according to 404 Media, CNET and Engadget. The items do not give a cause.

Timeline

1. 29 Oct, 10:24 UTCFirst appeared on Bluesky
2. 29 Oct, 18:17 UTCPicked up on Hacker News
3. 29 Oct, 18:48 UTCPicked up on Mastodon
4. 29 Oct, 23:50 UTCPicked up on Google Trends
5. 29 Oct, 23:50 UTC404 Media reports AO3 down up to 4 weeks
6. 29 Oct, 23:50 UTCCNET reports major AO3 outage
7. 29 Oct, 23:50 UTCEngadget covers AO3 outage

Top sources

• AO3 goes down for maintenanceBluesky
• Whoever hacked AO3 so hard that they're forecasting being down for a month is not prepared for what happens when every rabadidea
• ao3Google Trends
• Archive Of Our Own down for maintenance for 2 to 4 weeksHacker News
• Massive Fanfic Site Archive of Our Own Says It’s Going Down for 'Up to 4 Weeks'404 Media
• AO3 Suffers Major Outage: Possibly No Fanfic for 2 Weeks or LongerCNET