# Write.as server error - site is down?

**URL:** <https://discuss.write.as/t/write-as-server-error-site-is-down/3624>\
**Category:** Help\
**Tags:** writeas\
**Created:** [October 18, 2021, 11:00pm UTC](https://discuss.write.as/t/write-as-server-error-site-is-down/3624 "2021-10-18T23:00:24Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![mason](https://discuss.write.as/user_avatar/discuss.write.as/mason/32/790_2.png) [@mason](https://discuss.write.as/u/mason)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2021, 11:00pm UTC](https://discuss.write.as/t/write-as-server-error-site-is-down/3624/1 "2021-10-18T23:00:24Z")

</div>

Seems like the write.as website is experiencing a server error and the website is more or less down.

 ![image](https://discuss.write.as/uploads/default/original/2X/3/30f734a6146a907fe50612fffbbb26139e062fd0.png)

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![tmo](https://discuss.write.as/user_avatar/discuss.write.as/tmo/32/1937_2.png) [@tmo](https://discuss.write.as/u/tmo)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2021, 11:24pm UTC](https://discuss.write.as/t/write-as-server-error-site-is-down/3624/2 "2021-10-18T23:24:58Z")

</div>

I got the same thing - a fair warning within the editor or the dashboard would be great, but I think they announced it on socials instead 😕

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![matt](https://discuss.write.as/user_avatar/discuss.write.as/matt/32/2760_2.png) [@matt](https://discuss.write.as/u/matt)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2021, 11:51pm UTC](https://discuss.write.as/t/write-as-server-error-site-is-down/3624/3 "2021-10-18T23:51:19Z")

</div>

Yes, sorry for not announcing that here! Instead we posted it on [Twitter](https://twitter.com/writeas__/status/1450223410903142402) and [the fediverse](https://writing.exchange/@write_as/107124830887521000).

The downtime was from some unplanned database changes we needed to implement. It shouldn’t have affected **readers** of any blogs, but as mentioned in those social posts, it temporarily took down the ability to publish or update posts. We unfortunately needed to move pretty quickly, as we get the lowest amount of traffic during this time of day.

Sorry for the downtime and inconvenience. Next time, I’ll also be sure to announce something like this here on the forum, too.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![mason](https://discuss.write.as/user_avatar/discuss.write.as/mason/32/790_2.png) [@mason](https://discuss.write.as/u/mason)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2021, 12:41am UTC](https://discuss.write.as/t/write-as-server-error-site-is-down/3624/4 "2021-10-19T00:41:49Z")

</div>

No worries! Thanks for the update 🙂 have a nice evening.