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The downtime field guide

When your tools
stop working.

Find out what failed, keep useful work moving, and check what needs attention when service returns.

Why Status Pages Say All Systems Operational When Things Are Broken

A green headline and a failed request can both be real. Here is how to read the gap.

Find your tool

08 tools / 17 guides

GitHub

Is GitHub down? What to do when GitHub is down

Claude

Is Claude down? What to do when Claude is down

Cursor

Is Cursor down? What to do when Cursor is down

GitLab

Is GitLab down? What to do when GitLab is down

Cloudflare

Is Cloudflare down? What to do when Cloudflare is down

OpenAI / ChatGPT

Is OpenAI down? What to do when OpenAI is down

npm

Is npm down? What to do when npm is down

Slack

Is Slack down? What to do when Slack is down

These are troubleshooting guides. Each one links to the provider’s official status page for current incident updates.