Overleaf outage on 18 October 2026
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“Compile servers unavailable for some users”
On 18 October, Overleaf had a major outage in which some users received server errors when compiling documents. The incident lasted from 19:00 to 20:13 UTC, about 1 hour 13 minutes. However, the status page said at 19:13 that compiling had been restored for most users, and it marked the issue resolved at 20:11. U-Haul also had problems at the same time, with SMS and emails not being sent.
- When
- 19:00–20:13 UTC
- How long
- 1 h 13 min
- Incident open on its page
- 18:59–20:11 UTC
- Overleaf, 30 days before
- 1 other outage
At the same time
Started in the hour before or during it
And 52 lesser-known services. Problems at the same time are a clue, never proof that one caused another.
Timeline
Times in UTC
- Investigating
- Fix in place, monitoring
- Resolved
Where this comes from
Stackpulse reads Overleaf’s official status page at status.overleaf.com every minute. The times above are when it reported the problem; the summary is written from its updates and checked against them.
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