Is HostGator down today?

Check the status badge at the top of this page for the current status. Pulsetic polls the official status page every few minutes and cross-references with user reports to give you the most accurate picture.

How often does HostGator go down?

Based on our 90-day data, we've detected 45 incidents, of which 21 were major or critical. The median resolution time is 3h 58m.

How are outages detected?

Pulsetic polls the official status page every few minutes from multiple global locations. Crowdsourced user reports provide an additional early-warning signal, often surfacing issues before the official monitors catch them.

Is it down for everyone or just me?

The outage map and region breakdown help answer this. If reports are concentrated in one area it may be regional; if hotspots appear globally it's a widespread outage. Submit your own report to help others understand the scope.

What does "never acknowledged" mean?

"Never acknowledged" means Pulsetic detected a real service disruption, confirmed by multiple user reports, but the official status page never posted an incident for it. This is one of the core reasons teams use third-party monitoring alongside official status pages.

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MAINTENANCE · INVESTIGATING

Load Balancers: maintenance work

Started 2 days from now · Jun 16, 2026 · 7:00 AM UTC

We will be performing routine maintenance work on Load Balancers in ASH & HIL. During this maintenance work, there may be a short connection loss from the active connections (TCP and HTTP) to the Load Balancers, or from the Load Balancers to their targets.

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Last 90 days

90-Day Health Summary

Total Incidents

45

Since Apr 2024
Major / Critical

21

21 high-impact incidents
Minor Incidents

24

Avg. 0.3 per day
Median Resolution

3h 58m

P95: 261h 33m

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Recent Outage History

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Incident	Started	Duration	Impact	Status	Link
Load Balancers: maintenance work	Jun 16, 2026 · 7:00 AM	Ongoing	Maintenance	Investigating	Details →
Load Balancers: Network issue in the load balancer cluster NBG1-LB02.	Jun 13, 2026 · 12:15 AM	41m	Major	Resolved	Details →
Load Balancers: BGP connection interruption in the FSN1 Cluster LB06	Jun 12, 2026 · 10:48 PM	47m	Major	Resolved	Details →
Maintenance work on the webmail system (webmail.your-server.de)	Jun 12, 2026 · 8:00 PM	1h 3m	Maintenance	Resolved	Details →
Maintenance work on billing functions and consumption data	Jun 11, 2026 · 8:00 PM	12m	Maintenance	Resolved	Details →
Maintenance emergency power system in HEL1-DC1	Jun 11, 2026 · 6:35 AM	3h 58m	Maintenance	Resolved	Details →
Cloud Leaf fault nbg1-cloud1-leaf124	Jun 9, 2026 · 10:12 AM	9m	Major	Resolved	Details →
Object Storage in location nbg1 degraded	Jun 8, 2026 · 1:28 PM	Ongoing	Major	Investigating	Details →
Object Storage in location fsn1 degraded	Jun 8, 2026 · 8:59 AM	Ongoing	Major	Investigating	Details →
Cloud Leaf fault nbg1-cloud1-leaf101	Jun 6, 2026 · 1:12 AM	40m	Major	Resolved	Details →

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is HostGator down today?

Check the status badge at the top of this page for the current status. Pulsetic polls the official status page every few minutes and cross-references with user reports to give you the most accurate picture.
How often does HostGator go down?

Based on our 90-day data, we've detected 45 incidents, of which 21 were major or critical. The median resolution time is 3h 58m.
How are outages detected?

Pulsetic polls the official status page every few minutes from multiple global locations. Crowdsourced user reports provide an additional early-warning signal, often surfacing issues before the official monitors catch them.
Is it down for everyone or just me?

The outage map and region breakdown help answer this. If reports are concentrated in one area it may be regional; if hotspots appear globally it's a widespread outage. Submit your own report to help others understand the scope.
What does "never acknowledged" mean?

"Never acknowledged" means Pulsetic detected a real service disruption, confirmed by multiple user reports, but the official status page never posted an incident for it. This is one of the core reasons teams use third-party monitoring alongside official status pages.