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 73 incidents, of which 31 were major or critical. The median resolution time is 3h 47m.

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

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Pulsetic detects outages before the provider officially reports them. Monitoring since Apr 2024 · 80 incidents caught

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MAINTENANCE · MONITORING

Maintenance at backbone connection between Frankfurt - Helsinki

Started 3 weeks from now · Jul 28, 2026 · 9:00 PM UTC

In the above-mentioned period, maintenance will be performed at the backbone connection between Frankfurt - Helsinki. 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

73

Since Apr 2024
Major / Critical

31

31 high-impact incidents
Minor Incidents

42

Avg. 0.5 per day
Median Resolution

3h 47m

P95: 148h 56m

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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 Frankfurt - Helsinki	Jul 28, 2026 · 9:00 PM	Ongoing	Maintenance	Monitoring	Details →
Function tests on UPS and emergency power systems in NBG1-DC8	Jul 7, 2026 · 11:00 AM	Ongoing	Maintenance	Investigating	Details →
Urgent maintenance work on mirror (mirror.hetzner.com / download.hetzner.com) - SIN	Jul 3, 2026 · 5:00 AM	1h 11m	Maintenance	Resolved	Details →
Maintenance work on mirror (mirror.hetzner.com / download.hetzner.com) - HIL and SIN	Jul 2, 2026 · 7:00 AM	6h 21m	Maintenance	Resolved	Details →
Object Storage in location FSN degraded	Jul 1, 2026 · 6:53 PM	Ongoing	Major	Investigating	Details →
Urgent Maintenance work on the Server Monitoring System (SysMon)	Jul 1, 2026 · 10:00 AM	25m	Maintenance	Resolved	Details →
Maintenance work on Colocation Guest Wifi at FSN1, HEL1 and NBG1	Jul 1, 2026 · 8:00 AM	1h 6m	Maintenance	Resolved	Details →
Maintenance UPS systems in HEL1-DC1	Jun 30, 2026 · 5:00 AM	1d 7h 43m	Maintenance	Resolved	Details →
Maintenance work on abuse system	Jun 30, 2026 · 4:30 AM	15m	Maintenance	Resolved	Details →
Cloud Leaf fault nbg1-cloud1-leaf109	Jun 29, 2026 · 10:25 AM	3d 2h 32m	Major	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 73 incidents, of which 31 were major or critical. The median resolution time is 3h 47m.
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.