Possible Outage Ongoing

Grok may be experiencing issues — incident in progress, Jun 17, 2026

Grok may be experiencing a service outage based on our automated monitoring. Started Jun 17, 2026 at 21:40 UTC. This page updates automatically.

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ServiceGrok
StartedJun 17, 2026 at 21:40 UTC
StatusOngoing
Duration so far1 hour 28 minutes
Peak severityPossible Outage
DetectionDirect availability check

Timeline

  1. Possible issue detected
  2. Confirmed by re-check

What happened

Grok may be experiencing a service outage according to our automated monitoring. The incident was first detected at Jun 17, 2026 at 21:40 UTC and has been ongoing for approximately 1 hour 28 minutes. Are The Bots Down's monitoring system continues to track the situation and will update this page as it evolves. The data on this page is sourced from automated availability checks against publicly accessible endpoints.

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