Character.ai Critical Outage Outage - August 18, 2026
Character.ai - Service Disruption
Resolved
Critical Outage
Lasted 3h 52m
Started
Resolved
Incident Details
Widespread service disruption detected. 80 reports received from 2 countries.
Incident Timeline
Status changes during this incident
Incident detected
Incident opened after 80 recent community reports crossed the outage threshold.
80 reports · 2 affected countries
Recovery being verified
Reports returned to normal. Uptimus is verifying stability for 35 minutes before resolving the incident.
Recovery interrupted
Recovery monitoring was interrupted because elevated reports returned.
Recovery being verified
Reports returned to normal. Uptimus is verifying stability for 35 minutes before resolving the incident.
Recovery interrupted
Recovery monitoring was interrupted because elevated reports returned.
Recovery being verified
Reports returned to normal. Uptimus is verifying stability for 35 minutes before resolving the incident.
Recovery confirmed
Service remained healthy for 35 minutes. The incident is resolved.
Social signals and community reports
Ingrid McIntyreBuldak Ramen. Carbonara specifically.
MasashiOh thank god!
BigbiiiigbigbootyboyYall this is a legendary moment the shutdown actually made me lock in and get stuff done :3 my axie just got an upgrade and I cleaned
Daisuke mouthwashITS ON RIGHT NOW REFRESH
PiggyAnyone know when it is supposed to comeback online
HelpMeI'mBoredKatsu udon
MJI just want it to work </3
Daisuke mouthwashSushi
RyuWell since we’re all here, what’s people’s favorite comfort foods?
BigbiiiigbigbootyboyA fellow mf who uses this to get thru work 😔🫶 I'm in solidarity with u I need a good angst romance mid shift sometimes
PiggyNot sure but I want to chat
Henry EmilyAre the servers on fire?
Sydney LaabsMines kinda working a little slow but working kinda
RyuStill nothing T-T this is going to be a long shift isn’t it
Henry EmilyLol
RyuIt replyed to the wrong comment wtf
RyuMe too! Called me a spammer
PlagueAnyone deleting and redownloading like it'll fix the issue like me
