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Reddit experienced a global outage on Wednesday with thousands of users reporting that they were facing errors while accessing the app or the website. Many highlighted that their homepage is showing a prompt that says “upstream connect error or disconnect/reset before headers. reset connection failure,” however, it is not a device or internet connection issue.
Later, Reddit also acknowledged the faults and outage and hours later the app started to work again. However, the team is closely monitoring for any further outages. Also read: Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra price to increase - Here's everything we know Reddit was down for several hours The Reddit app and website were down on Wednesday night for more than 50000 users.
The issue stayed for several hours and users reported an unusual prompt that said “upstream connect error or disconnect/reset before headers. reset connection failure.” After a few minutes of chaos, Reddit shared a statement on the website saying “We are currently investigating this issue.
” Later the company also acknowledged the “Degraded performance for reddit.com.” Also read: iPhone SE 4 could arrive in March with major upgrades: Here's what we know so far Well, the Upstream Error, Reset error occurs when there is a server-related problem.
During such instances, the website or app experiences server overloads, expired certificates, or general connectivity problems. In such situations, users can troubleshoot the page to temporarily access the app. Here's how users can solve such errors on Reddit.
How to solve “Upstream Error”? Also read: iPhone 17 performance to get a BIG boost- Details of what Apple is planning next However, if the outage or error is crucial, the Reddit team will be responsible for solving the issue and fixing any problem that occurs on their servers. In such cases, users can patiently wait for the fix and for the platform to start working again. One more thing! We are now on WhatsApp Channels! Follow us there so you never miss any updates from the world of technology.
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