Investigating elevated site errors and issues accessing media

What to do

• Check whether you use Reddit Desktop Web, Mobile Web, Reddit Media Storage, Native Mobile Apps. Check your stack

  Paste a package.json, lockfile, Terraform or a list of domains at down.guide/stack to see every provider you depend on.

• Confirm your retries, queues and scheduled jobs caught up after the 3h 25m it lasted.

  Anything that failed between 2026-05-18 17:39 UTC and 2026-05-18 21:04 UTC may need a replay.

• Subscribe to Reddit's feed to hear about the next one first. RSS feed

  https://down.guide/feed?provider=reddit works in Slack (/feed subscribe), Discord feed bots and any RSS reader.

Updates from Reddit 4

1. investigatingMay 18, 2026, 5:39 PM UTC

   We are currently investigating this issue.

   provider

2. identifiedMay 18, 2026, 6:06 PM UTC

   The issue has been identified and we are working on implementing a fix. While this is ongoing, you may encounter errors and general loading issues across feeds, posts, and search. Recently uploaded images and videos may not appear as expected.

   provider

3. monitoringMay 18, 2026, 7:44 PM UTC

   A fix has been implemented and we're seeing recovery. We're continuing to monitor the situation!

   provider

4. resolvedMay 18, 2026, 9:04 PM UTC

   This issue is now resolved. We're seeing consistent loading across feeds, posts and search. Media should now be appearing as expected.

   provider

Corrections

None so far.

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