Reddit Restores Service Following Four-Hour Outage

Reddit experienced a significant outage today, starting around 12:20 p.m. PT, leaving thousands of users unable to access the platform via its website or app. After approximately four hours, the issue seems to have been resolved.

According to Reddit's status page, the company confirmed the problem has been fixed and is currently monitoring the situation.

During the downtime, users attempting to access Reddit encountered error messages. On the website, a black screen displayed: “Upstream connect error or disconnect/reset before headers. Reset reason: connection failure.” Meanwhile, the iOS app showed a dead Snoo head, Reddit’s alien mascot.

Over 47,000 users reported issues on Downdetector.com, while many turned to X (formerly Twitter) to vent frustrations and share screenshots of the error messages.