Etsy outage on August 14 — 35-minute disruption
Aug 14, 04:57 AM → Aug 14, 05:32 AM · 35 minutes · medium
Etsy experienced a service disruption affecting users. The incident was detected through user reports and lasted approximately 35 minutes. Service was fully restored on August 14, 2026, at 05:32 UTC.
Impact
During the incident, users primarily reported issues related to the Etsy website being down. A total of 3 user reports were received, with a peak of 3 reports within a 15-minute period. No specific regional impact was recorded, indicating a broader disruption.
Top reported issues
- Website down3
Incident timeline
- Aug 14, 04:57 AM
PulseWatch detected elevated report volume (medium severity)
- Aug 14, 04:57 AM
Status updated: possible issue
- Aug 14, 05:00 AM
Peak of 0 reports in 15 minutes (baseline 1.0)
- Aug 14, 05:32 AM
Report volume returned to baseline — incident resolved
Official updates
- Aug 14, 05:32 AM
AI confidence: Moderate confidence due to correlation with synthetic probes and a confidence score of 0.683. AI review: likely_real Impact forecast: Potential disruption to Etsy website accessibility.
- Aug 14, 05:32 AM
Root cause: External service disruption affecting Etsy, correlated with synthetic probes.