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Hacker News is reachable from our servers. It responded with HTTP 405 in 240ms. If you cannot access it, the issue is likely on your end — try clearing your cache, flushing DNS, or switching networks.

Response: 240ms

Status: HTTP 405

Checked: Tue, 28 Apr 2026 10:06:12 GMT

From: Cloudflare Edge

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About Hacker News outages

Hacker News (news.ycombinator.com) is a communities service. Hacker News is a communities service.

Common causes of Hacker News outages include server overload, DNS failures, DDoS attacks, software deployments, CDN issues, and infrastructure failures. Most outages resolve within minutes to a few hours.

If Hacker News is down for everyone: Check their official status page and social media for updates.

If Hacker News is up but not working for you: Try clearing your browser cache, disabling your VPN, flushing DNS, or switching networks.