FAQ
WhatBrokeToday
A front-row seat to the internet's worst days, minus the pager.
Our coverage
100+ services, watched around the clock. Our sources are the same feeds you already doomscroll at 2 a.m.; we just do it for you now, so you can go back to pretending you were asleep.
Why we built it
Modern software is a stack of other people's software. Your app leans on a cloud, the cloud leans on a DNS provider, and the DNS provider leans on somebody's Friday-afternoon config change. When any layer wobbles, you're the one staring at a red dashboard, trying to decide whether to roll back or just wait it out.
So we built the page we wanted at 2 a.m.: one that already knows. We doomscroll the internet, keep an eye on the boring status updates nobody else reads, check that the fire is real, and refresh every few minutes, so you hear about it before you've finished typing anyone else seeing this? into the team chat.
Frequently asked questions
Is it us or them?
Check Today's Trends. If your provider is on it, it's them: screenshot it and send it to your boss. If it isn't, we have some difficult news about your last deploy.
Why is it always us-east-1?
Nobody knows. Scholars have studied it for years. We just write it down.
Can you fix my outage?
No. We can tell you it isn't your fault, which is emotionally almost the same thing.
Do you send alerts?
Not right now. Keep the tab open, or keep relying on your boss's Slack messages, which remain the fastest alerting system ever built.
How fresh is the data?
We refresh every few minutes. Faster than the vendor updates its status page, usually slower than your on-call phone.
My favourite service is missing. Why?
Either it never breaks (congratulations, please tell us its secret) or nobody has complained about it loudly enough yet. Give it time.
What happens when WhatBrokeToday breaks?
Then, technically, we were right. It happens. We will be on the list.
Is it free?
Yes. Your outage is expensive enough already.