Is GNU General Public License down right now?
No one has reported a problem in the last hour.
About GNU General Public License
gnu.org is the official website of GNU General Public License, series of free software licenses. The domain was registered 30 years ago through Gandi SAS. The Internet Archive first captured it in 1998. It ranks #349 among the most visited sites in the world on the Tranco list. It is hosted in United States on the Free Software Foundation, Inc. network.
The current problem is a partial outage that began on 9 October 2026 at 02:34 UTC and is still ongoing. There have been 19 incidents in the last 90 days, 214 h 57 min of downtime in total, and 18.24% of our checks succeeded.
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What we checked
02:53:13 UTC| Layer | Result | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| DNS name lookup | gnu.org resolves to 209.51.188.116 (AS22989 Free Software Foundation, Inc.) | pass |
| TLS certificate | No certificate read yet | – |
| HTTP, Phoenix | Timed out 1 h ago | fail |
| HTTP, Cape Town | Timed out 1 h ago | fail |
| HTTP, Singapore | Timed out 1 h ago | fail |
| HTTP, Mumbai | Timed out 1 h ago | fail |
| HTTP, Paris | Timed out 1 h ago | fail |
| HTTP, San Francisco | Timed out 1 h ago | fail |
| HTTP, Phoenix | HTTP 301 in 0.57 s · via PHX 1 h ago | pass |
| Content | No page title captured | – |
| Reputation | Trust score 100/100 · trust check | Established |
Outage history, 90 days
| Started (UTC) | Incident | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-09 02:34 | Partial outage · Phoenix: Timed out; San Francisco: Timed out | ongoing |
| 2026-10-08 22:29 | Down · Phoenix: Timed out | 4 h 4 min |
| 2026-10-07 09:26 | Down · Phoenix: Timed out; Paris: Timed out; Cape Town: Timed out; Mumbai: Timed out; Singapore: Timed out; San Francisco: Time | 30 h 56 min |
| 2026-10-06 00:27 | Down · Phoenix: Timed out; San Francisco: Timed out | 32 h 57 min |
| 2026-10-05 17:23 | Down · Phoenix: Timed out; Cape Town: Timed out; Mumbai: Timed out; Singapore: Timed out; Paris: Timed out; San Francisco: Time | 7 h 4 min |
| 2026-10-05 09:08 | Partial outage · Phoenix: Timed out; San Francisco: Timed out | 8 h 13 min |
| 2026-10-04 12:13 | Down · Phoenix: Timed out; United States: curl exit 28000, HTTP 000 | 8 h 17 min |
| 2026-10-03 08:48 | Down · Phoenix: Timed out; San Francisco: Timed out | 12 h 8 min |
| 2026-10-03 06:29 | Down · Phoenix: Timed out | 2 h 19 min |
| 2026-10-02 17:36 | Partial outage · Phoenix: Timed out; San Francisco: Timed out | 6 h 47 min |
Common questions
Is GNU General Public License down for everyone or just me?
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How do you know if GNU General Public License is down?
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