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Website Down Checker: Is the site down for everyone, or just for you?

A website down checker that tells you whether a site is down for everyone or just for you, and where it fails.

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example.comSample data
StepTimeResult
DNS lookup18 msOK
Connection42 msOK
Certificate31 msOK
Server reply2.1 s503

AI in this tool

AI explains the likely cause in plain words. The timings and codes come from our own checks.

What you can do

  • Check whether a site answers right now.
  • See the status code and how long each step took.
  • Find where it failed: DNS, connection, certificate or server.
  • Compare with other people's checks of the same site.

What happens during a check

  1. Look up

    The domain name is looked up.

  2. Connect

    A connection is opened and the certificate checked.

  3. Request

    The page is requested and the reply timed.

  4. Compare

    Other people's checks of the same site in the last day show if it is down for everyone.

Default settings

Checked from
Our servers
Steps timed
DNS, connection, SSL, reply
Other checks
The last 24 hours
Time
A few seconds

Coming next

  • Checks around the clock with Uptime Monitor
  • Alerts only for confirmed outages
  • Public status pages

Is it down for everyone or just me?

When a site won't load, the problem can be the site, your network or something in between. A website down checker requests the site from our servers, away from your connection, and shows what happened.

If it answers for us, the problem is likely on your side: a cached error, a browser extension, your network or a block in your country. If it fails for us too, the site really has a problem.

Where can a site fail?

Each step is timed: looking up the domain name, opening the connection, checking the certificate and waiting for the server's reply. A failure at DNS points to the domain or its name servers. A failure at the certificate points to SSL. An error code from the server points to the site itself.

What the status codes mean

200 means the page answered normally. 301 and 302 are redirects. 403 means access is refused, 404 means the page doesn't exist, 500 is a server error and 502, 503 and 504 usually mean the server or something in front of it is overloaded or down.

Know before your visitors do

This check answers one question, right now. Uptime Monitor checks your sites all the time, confirms an outage before it alerts you, and keeps a history you can show on a status page.

Questions, answered

It works for me but you say down. Why?

Your browser may show a cached copy, or the site may block some networks. The timing table shows where our check failed.

Do you check from several places?

This check runs from our servers. Uptime Monitor confirms outages before it alerts.

How often can I check?

A few times a minute. For checks around the clock, use Uptime Monitor.