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pain is bread

Well that was fast lmaooo

ghost_king

someone asked me if i wanted to see fanart of my fic 😭😭😭 and then i go to ao3 and it says shields are up i-

pain is bread

FACTS I get to sit here and watch people curse out the ao3 gods xD and then maybe even write fanfic about it

Star

PLEASE i love watching people go insane over an ao3 outage. it is so incredibly funny to see how dramatic we all are over it lmao

Star

it’s okay, it happens to the best of us lmao

Wren

maybe i broke it when i hit preview, my bad guys

pain is bread

LMFAOOO I'm so ready for people to start pouring in

Star

aww man hit the preview button and ao3 broke :( i’ve got my chapter saved but im praying i dont have to rewrite all my notes and tags, im too lazy lol

pain is bread

Tumblr has not yet heard tell. But they will

Star

not. not well

Wren

just hit preview on my last chapter before posting ahaha

Star

i wonder how tumblr is holding up

Star

we should all hold a party in these comments. it’s trying times gang

pain is bread

Goddamnit

Star

right when i was about to post a new fic. ow

djmpxxx

the byler power outage fic being one of the most kudo’d works on ao3 is insanely gaggy

heejinfangirl

the concept of the power outage fic being on the 2nd page when you sort by kudos on ao3...

AssassinKing350

I stopped when it was obvious that there was actually going to be a redemption arc for the rapist. My stomach is turning. It isnt even the worst thing ive ever stumbled across on AO3 either. Just had to say this somewhere, my friends are too normal for this kinda thing.

vlushii

ok suffering the consequences of my actions and realizing that typing out an entire fic onto the ao3 website is indeed a bad idea bc i typed out like at least 4k and immediately the web crashed and i lost all progress

cherokeecaryl

Byler power outage fic is now the #37 fic with most kudos on ao3

starblushed_

tech issues at work this morning so i wrote 1k of angsty ep4 hollanov. double starblushed feature on ao3 today ??????????????

theoriesofbl

Sorry why is ao3 not working for me wtf ???

minniraindeer_

@jingyu_aw I was trying for almost three days, at first they had the cookies wrong, then I just skipped the Manyredirectios error. According to that error, it is because the pages of Ao3 are saturated, so I was trying at different times.

thirstspren

@theGothamCat We have 20 days for Ao3 to work properly, then!

bemoxxxish

@jgoo_ it happened to me too so it might be the ao3 servers :(

bylvr7

the power outage fic has 35k kudos???? and is now the byler fic with the most kudos on ao3?? woah???

bucksdiazboys

Is anyone getting 503 errors when they try and download fics on ao3? @AO3_Status

pikatthevv

is ao3 not working for everyone or just for me.

BYL3R5

why are ao3 downloads not working ????

halsuliso

@n0ro__ @wzuonsu why mine says "blocked by ao3" and "error too many redirects". pls send help??

234dimple

@the8musique it's okay honestly, i get enough daily mobile data and can still use ao3 with no problem so it's fine? also idk how exactly you block sites on a wifi connection but the concept of my uni IT dept knowing about ao3 as a site and having to block it, is insanely funny to me ???

iovi4i4

why is ao3 deleting most of my fic when i hit save draft, preview, and publish??? my fic is 10k words and every time i try to save or publish or anything it does it!! but only 566 of the words??? is this a problem for anyone else pls tell me pls

RetrievingBucks

You guys wouldn’t unsub from my ao3 if I occasionally dropped a fic for another fandom right

Buddy_Atiny

WHY AO3 IS NOT WORKING?!? I have two chapters to read????

yaoithesis

can do the ao3 wrapped ? i keep getting a goddam error whatever

VNYU73

@elorberryart yeah!! it's a python script that goes through your ao3 history. mine took literal hours and it crashed AHAHAHAHHA so i wont bother anm

yurikuer

i just wanna do the ao3 wrapped but only with my bookmarks but its not working ?

drift_trhythmy

Why does my ao3 wrapped keep reporting errors???

VNYU73

no im not doing ao3 wrapped bcos the last time i tried it crashed. multiple times.

bandanarrykid

did anyone manage to get the ao3 wrapped? i feel like hacker and its still not working

starreaa

growls I've been trying to do the ao3 wrapped but it's not working for me ??

ZipnipsNiqueJou

Is anyone else's ao3 not working or is it a me issue

Sleepy_Burito

cloudflare seems to be down again, I can't open my writing program but ao3 is working fine???? what is this???

rioviaa

tried to do my ao3 wrapped but it kept giving me an error .. maybe it's a sign to keep my history between myself and ao3 instead ..

RivZNN

@Canny_95 It’s not from one specific fic, it’s just inspired by those AO3-type lines ??

kidzboppizza

im trying so so so hard to reply to ao3 comments rn and its just not working

butchivalrous

was gonna post my ao3 wrapped but it's not working so... i guess my 2025 ao3 history stays between god and me

liyuwenglazer

whys my ao3 wrapped not working

sunsetoutlaw

Oh is ao3 not working??

Itachisgirl77

@ulyita I got an email earlier that people are having issues loading their fics and AO3 is working on the problem

chamel_writes

@ingberry0 It’s a current known issue but ao3 is working on it!

evieni_ainori

@onlyhereforgaku NOOOOOO i did see ao3 status post that they were having some updating issues and are working on the backlog but not showing up in bookmarks is new HAJFJKAKFKAD

JUNEISE

anyone else having issues staying logged in on ao3 ?? every time i go to leave a comment, im suddenly not logged in ?

euchwn

my ao3 is not working…. i need a doze of minsung omegaverse please

WeruuChan

does anyone else have problems with bookmarks on ao3?

kittyeliii

Haven’t logged onto ao3 in like a month but the ONE time I do it’s not working for me. 23 chapters into a gego fanfic can we WORK PLEASE. This is important

TSUMUFlLES

@dittocean and where is the ao3 update ?

mommunistparty

Maybe I got hit with the Ao3 authors curse. When I wrote and published the stories I was fine. Input delay I guess ?

wgy2476

I NEEDED TO SEARCH UP A SITE CAUSE I NEEDED HELP WITH A MATH WORD PROBLEM BUT WHEN I OPENED INCOGNITO I UNCONSCIOUSLY SEARCHED AO3 AND DIDNT REALIZE IT UNTIL I WAS LOOKING FOR TAGS ???

ppashcal

why my ao3 is not working

gelato_liv

My horror moots experiencing letterbox issues are the same as my Kpop moots when ao3 is down ??? I hope yall get back in soon ?

snuck3ys

why is ao3 not working for me

nctstickerfan

Service not working at work and im on my break, so im reading ao3 fics i copied and pasted onto the notes app to read when i travel

jadentearl

I just thought it's against ao3's ToS if I connect it in my tumblr acc since my Ao3 directs readers who are curious about my social in tumblr and sees the link for arts stuffs that I am planning to sell

MalaMari03

Why Is ao3 NOT WORKING XD

arakhnoidsilk

@goingawaytohell For the moment... No sign of ao3 curse... Yet...

BangtanCookie7

why is ao3 not working ?

hanihoneybeees

Is it just me or ao3 is error? Why it takes so long for the site to load ?. I think there's nothing wrong with my network since I could access other site just fine.

Hsiqpsbdue

Is ao3 down or is my internet down

bugaboo1018

@riddlepngs I was genuinely devastated when AO3 stopped working on the 3DS browser app. I’d preload long fics on it while I was somewhere with wifi, close my 3DS, and read the fic at home (didn’t have wifi at home growing up or a phone until junior year)

sengrahamresign

everyone is always doing discourse about different issues with ao3 but can anyone name a fanfic host site that is as functional and user friendly

ohfairhavoc

@fanficrazed I hid the author on my ao3 site skin for that… I cannot do that again I died

wetandmessyfest

mod had some issues with ao3 to reveal the works for this batch today :( i hope it works now!!

AngelCouForever

@MonArt3s @Yeehtzee I had to go out, and I was trying to upload everything and AO3 gave me an error

sillycoolkat

help is anyone’s else’s ao3 not working…

Kurir_6

Is AO3 still not working??

iitwasmaroonn

is ao3 not working for anyone else or is it just me ??

srchakwxng

@Florgmx It's accessible to registered Ao3 users?

benslerstabler

Is ao3 not working for anyone else ?

kryptonography

is ao3 not working for anyone else

lRONITES

is ao3 having issues for anyone else...

tekoology

@googietos nvm ao3 not working rn

universtarppen

i thought my connection was tweaking. is ao3 facing problems rn? or is it really just me

StarsCityDesign

owtstatus shows the issue, but the last update is from hours ago when the situation seemed slightly improved — right now it’s worse than ever, with ao3 still down.

yuratsas

WHY IS AO3 NOT WORKING NO PKEAAE I WAS JERKING IT NO

CharaEi_

:0 D: my Ao3 is not working??? ?

GRE3DLING

is it my phone or is ao3 not working?

ayenbakery

is ao3 not working or is my wifi just terrible today

TheReader099

I wanted to upload a new chapter today, but Ao3 is not working today! I’ll take it as a sign to edit it more…?

finat1c

hi guys ao3 is not working anf i might go coocoo bananas

AlRaptor42

is AO3 having some problems? it's very slow and my usual skin was acting a bit off (weird font) ?

sylviaprattle

for some reason ao3 is not working for me, anyone else with this problem?

frawg_spawn

@sleepy_p0ssum Working to get it up on ao3 tonight ?

kvsoho

Just a note for anyone reading my SFW comics on AO3, my image hosting server is down so you'll see broken images ? It will be fixed soon...

tillcurtaincall

anyone else facing issues in downloading fics as epubs on ao3, can't open them anymore for some reason

BrielleM7

@MamaJanky Ugh! My issue with the excessive tagging on on AO3 is that I have to filter so much ?

wwxwashere

@eatingcroutons site navigation is a matter of access. the entire site navigation of ao3 is based on their tag system. the tag system is not the basis of every archive, but it is for ao3.

kyousatos

@IdlyW ohhh, it might be unavailable because it's only for registered users. do you have an ao3 acc?

sweetshortsap

my 2 cents is that there’s issues with the ao3 tagging system and plenty of authors undertag, but t/b dynamic are just about the least important of these issues

verbummallum

Yes you should tag your works properly on ao3 so that the filter system works that is common courtesy but you shouldnt??? Kick people out of fandoms??? For putting the names in the wrong order when they tag the ship???

hanjwi0914

this is misplaced egotism from western countries who try to make their hyperindividualistic perception of the human experience everyone else’s problem. if you don’t want to be part of a community, including standards of behavior, you don’t have to be part of the “our own” in ao3.

cloudsjimi

@xoJoyBelleox i’m waiting for my invite from ao3 so i can register properly ?

Coimbra_Bertone

@mundanenpc Your argument isn't grounded in history, it's not grounded in AO3 rules, it's not grounded in something that's universal (because we wouldn't be arguing about it if it was) so...you got nothing You have a preference and you're making it everyone else's problem That's all it is

ukepichu

cdasia maintenance,,,, oomfs this is like if u have a prompt due tonight but ao3 was still down

IliaNightwish

@smileapow Is been happening for days. I don't know about you but i've been geting 503 error on ao3 also.

remusblckjp

is ao3 not working for anyone else or is it js me

50chance450

@ghostmyam Almost any company offering auto translations suffers from the mix up of pronouns. I used to auto translate ao3 from Chinese it ends up having consistent problems with identifying any gender markers whether in relation to title (ms from Mr) or in main notice, pronouns

doidadavidaa

@MuseyWrites @yunmeng_airways Damn the app updates, i am having problems with notifications and Tete is having problems with the visualizations of the arts. But i was reading and waiting anxiously, i didnt know u migrate the updates to ao3.

kwangyarevel_au

no internet connection again :( I'll just spend all my data on ao3 Hehehehehehhe

koko1sm

IS AO3 NOT WORKING FOR ANYONE ELSE?!?!?!?!?!?!???? ITS JUDT A WHITE SCREEN FOR ME HELP IM SCARED

sopiehope

@iluvmilfsndilfs i don’t think they’ve been on ao3 since then either damn

6v6bsk

guys two of my favorite ao3 authors dropped new works. i’m about to cry

wifeisagi

Kiis day cowboy fic is coming soon yall just having to MANUALLY reitalicize every word bc ao3 is not working for me lately

Ch4iXux

@LEOTENDERLY Can I promote mine it's in ao3??

neme_sisK

cackling at everyone having a meltdown during ao3’s 12 minute maintenance period skfnsjjed

muddleheadsart

MY PHONE CRASHED WHILE I WAS TRYING TO UPLOAD TO AO3 OUGH

starsbytheocean

why is my ao3 not working haha

Skin_and_b0ne

Anyone else’s ao3 skin not working? Was almost blinded by the default I forgot reversi ain’t the normal skin

abigneignenn

@runtoyebin hahahha the way the world collapses when ao3 stops working

ra_rads

I didnt even know ao3 was going under maintenance ???

JackleDeluxes

WHY IS AO3 IN MAINTENANCE JUST WHWN IM READING SUCH A GOID STOLITZ FIC PLEASE PLEASASEEEE

DeLianHuang

WTF AO3 IS FINALLY UNDER MAINTENANCE

ichimatsunya3

Right as i was getting a fic to open in a new tab the ao3 maintenance started nooooo

PARTYPOIS0NOUS

so was anyone gonna tell me ao3 maintenance tonight..

panicdepress1ve

@dimitrilovemail Ao3 is not working for me I’m going to die

jingl3bell4

Why does AO3 always get its maintenance on Fridays?

loubegins

wait is anyone else's ao3 not working?

SherlockianMess

I have an A Level lesson on the problem of evil and suffering in half an hour and I’m sitting in the courtyard posting a fic to Ao3

dearsnyra

this ao3 author that im following just apologised for not updating on time bc their bus crashed

schwepid

@minwonluvs does this hav something to do with the current issue dito sa mwtwt? i mean since biglang liko is a bp! fic :( if not, ang sad pa rin huhu was about to reco simpleng tao to a friend but was told that the link wasn't working kaya nagulat ako upon checking na wala na nga on ao3 :(

txmptresslolita

Officially setting that on the back burner and working on the one chaptered fics I want to do because ao3 must be broken and twitter too

zelinred

@beomgolae120112 ts important to make it clear that these exist and we cant not make them exist and not only isnt ao3 supposed to be a 'safe space' but its also something that has strict rules about tagging. as a frequent user who has been on it for years, ao3 or its users, as a majority,

acdmellark

um is ao3 not working ?

hyunpunzl

is ao3 not working should i kms

Star

man right when i was in the middle of a fic and it was just getting good… guess i’m stuck writing em myself tonight 🫡 goodluck soldier

jjkmikrokosmos

@dennotthen1 like it's so slow ?? might be a connection issue but it's only affecting ao3 rn

shualatus

@asphodale does ao3 know of this issue… there are tons of fics out there and the site was down recently so it would’ve been nice if they updated the tagging feature when fixing the site?‍♀️

wutaufrogs88_

@greene099 Yea I tried searching for it but my mobile AO3 sucks for some reason and sometimes just doesn't load ao3

kimashton

Is AO3 having issues again? Or it is just me

APIS_isnt

Is anybody else unable to log into ao3 rn?? Site works fine when logged out, but says my session expired when I try to log in Not major issue, but I had a locked fic I wanted to read and, more importantly, I NEED my dark mode bro my eyes are burning ? Ao3 save me

nanamiskitty

does anyone know how to code it have a problem with the hello kitty ao3 skin that doesn't allow me to enjoy it need someone's help cause I have no idea how to edit that myself

hrtstcppr

@narlie_buddie i don’t use docs anymore but i use ellipsus! it’s created by writers and is anti ai! there’s an export to ao3 option that copies your fic and adds the html for you when you paste it to ao3!

tk_floral

@daintykkus Hii can you tell me why ao3 is not working? Or is it just happening with me?????

Izulkowa

my lecture about fanfiction and ao3 is probably cursed because i’ve already presented it TWICE and I had technical problems (not my fault!) ALSO TWICE

narlie_buddie

My fellow fic writers does anyone else have an issue with writing on docs or notes and the bold or italics don’t transfer when you copy paste to ao3 to post? Pls help a girlie out ?

the_cecil_sol

Time for the guessing game !!! Is ao3 broken or is it my wifi !? BECAUSE IT WON'T BLOODY LOAD TO THE NEXT CHAPTER -

ibrooklynbbyy

so ao3 is not working for laptops can they just hire me let me make your website responsive @ ao3

hibiscus_ygk

ok it's in the tag now, wtf ao3 ????

casuallymasc

i finished editing this fic but after months of finally not having this problem anymore my damn keyboard has decided to stop working bc I tried to copy and paste it to ao3 so I guess that posting isn't happening yet

my_nightingales

@crushingtin @wwxwashere yeah so the final bookmark was actually reached some time *before* maintenance, so ao3 disabled bookmarks briefly while trying to migrate . Attempts to migrate failed because there were (essentially) too many people on the site, hence, maintenance to reduce load for migration

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