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 112 incidents, of which 43 were major or critical. The median resolution time is 1h 53m.

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.

ACTIVE INCIDENT DETECTED

HostGator is
experiencing issues.

Pulsetic detects outages before the provider officially reports them. Monitoring since Apr 2024 · 132 incidents caught

Last checked: 6 min ago · 0 user reports (24h) · Trusted by 30,000+ teams

MAINTENANCE · MONITORING

Maintenance at backbone connection between FRA - HEL1

Started 3 weeks from now · Sep 7, 2026 · 9:00 PM UTC

In the above-mentioned period, maintenance will be performed at the backbone connection between FRA - HEL1. This may lead to brief latency issues. We apologize for any inconvenience. Thank you for your understanding.

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Last 90 days

90-Day Health Summary

Total Incidents

112

Since Apr 2024
Major / Critical

43

43 high-impact incidents
Minor Incidents

69

Avg. 0.8 per day
Median Resolution

1h 53m

P95: 120h 55m

HostGator Response Time, ms

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Location List

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Recent Outage History

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Incident	Started	Duration	Impact	Status	Link
Maintenance at backbone connection between FRA - HEL1	Sep 7, 2026 · 9:00 PM	Ongoing	Maintenance	Monitoring	Details →
Maintenance at backbone connection between NBG1 - FRA	Aug 26, 2026 · 9:59 PM	Ongoing	Maintenance	Monitoring	Details →
Maintenance work on mirror (mirror.hetzner.com / download.hetzner.com) - Location FSN1	Aug 18, 2026 · 8:00 AM	Ongoing	Maintenance	Investigating	Details →
Maintenance emergency power system in HEL1-DC3	Aug 18, 2026 · 5:00 AM	Ongoing	Maintenance	Investigating	Details →
Maintenance work on abuse system	Aug 17, 2026 · 4:30 AM	Ongoing	Maintenance	Investigating	Details →
Maintenance Hetzner Accounts (Invoices/Transactions)	Aug 11, 2026 · 5:00 PM	37m	Maintenance	Resolved	Details →
Maintenance work on the webmail system (webmail.your-server.de)	Aug 6, 2026 · 8:00 PM	1h 11m	Maintenance	Resolved	Details →
Robot routine maintenance work	Aug 5, 2026 · 7:30 PM	15m	Maintenance	Resolved	Details →
Hetzner Accounts routine maintenance work	Aug 5, 2026 · 7:30 PM	15m	Maintenance	Resolved	Details →
Maintenance at DENIC	Aug 5, 2026 · 3:00 PM	27m	Maintenance	Resolved	Details →

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Common questions

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 112 incidents, of which 43 were major or critical. The median resolution time is 1h 53m.
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.