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When your site goes down

What to actually do when an app is down — is it just you or everyone, and how to find the answer in under a minute.

A laptop showing a failed-to-load page in a dark room — the moment before deciding if it's the site or just you.
Site down·July 18, 2026·5 min

Is my website down, or is it just me?

Before you panic-redeploy at midnight: is the site actually down, or just down for you? A 30-second test, what each answer means, and why one check from your laptop can't really tell you.

A red emergency light glowing in the dark — the moment a site goes down.
Site down·July 18, 2026·6 min

My website is down — how to fix it

Don't randomly restart things — work a short list in order, cheapest check first. Confirm it's really down, read the error, rule out an expired cert, check your last deploy and your host. The calm playbook for a site that's down.

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