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No, it’s not your imagination: Reddit is down. A cause for the outage hasn’t been announced at this point, but the powers that be are currently “investigating the issue.”<\/p>\n

Attempts to reach Reddit are currently being met with a bit of alarming text: “upstream connect error or disconnect\/reset before headers. reset reason: connection failure.”<\/p>\n

The problem is also clearly visible through DownDetector<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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(Image credit: DownDetector)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Reddit Status account on Twitter also confirmed the outage.<\/p>\n

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Investigating: We are currently investigating this issue. https:\/\/t.co\/PLSwLrcuYdNovember 20, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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We’ll keep an eye on things and update when more information is available.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n

Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

No, it’s not your imagination: Reddit is down. A cause for the outage hasn’t been announced at this point, but the powers that be are currently “investigating the issue.” Attempts to reach Reddit are currently being met with a bit of alarming text: “upstream connect error or disconnect\/reset before headers. reset reason: connection failure.” The problem is also clearly visible through DownDetector: (Image credit: DownDetector) The Reddit Status account on Twitter also confirmed the outage. Investigating: We are currently investigating this issue. https:\/\/t.co\/PLSwLrcuYdNovember 20, 2024 We’ll keep an eye on things and update when more information is available. 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