Fan Fiction Site Archive of Our Own May Be Offline for Up to 4 Weeks
The platform faces an extended outage due to a security incident, though its data remains intact.
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First reported by Hacker News, 41 min ahead of the next publisher · who breaks stories first
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The story so far
7 publishers have covered this in 9 articles since 29 Oct 2026. Hacker News published first, on 29 October at 18:17 UTC; 404 Media followed 42 min later. The most recent article, from The New York Times, appeared on 30 October at 22:09 UTC.
Outlets reporting it: TechCrunch (major outlet), The New York Times (major outlet), Hacker News, 404 Media, cnet.com, Engadget, The A.V. Club.
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How it unfolded
Every source in the order it published.
- Hacker NewsArchive Of Our Own down for maintenance for 2 to 4 weeks
- 404 MediaMassive Fanfic Site Archive of Our Own Says It’s Going Down for 'Up to 4 Weeks'
- cnet.comFanfic Hub Archive of Our Own Faces Weeks Offline
- TechCrunchFan fiction site Archive of Our Own could be offline for up to 4 weeks
- EngadgetFan fiction website AO3 is down, and it could take weeks to recover
- EngadgetFan fiction website AO3 is down, and it could take weeks to recover
- The A.V. ClubInternet fan-fiction repository AO3 might be down for a month due to "security incident"
- Hacker NewsArchive of our own (AO3) hacked
- The New York TimesHack Could Leave AO3, a Popular Fan Fiction Site, Offline for Weeks
Sources
Every article we clustered into this story. Headlines link to the publisher.
- Hack Could Leave AO3, a Popular Fan Fiction Site, Offline for Weeks The New York Times ·
- Fan fiction site Archive of Our Own could be offline for up to 4 weeks TechCrunch ·
- Internet fan-fiction repository AO3 might be down for a month due to "security incident" The A.V. Club
- Fan fiction website AO3 is down, and it could take weeks to recover Engadget
- Fan fiction website AO3 is down, and it could take weeks to recover Engadget
- Fanfic Hub Archive of Our Own Faces Weeks Offline cnet.com
In this story
- Archive of Our Own
- AO3