Why are websites and APIs suddenly unreachable?
Unexpected domain registry outages break DNS resolution, knocking both websites and backend APIs completely offline. This leaves system administrators unable to reach their infrastructure and cuts customers off without warning.
What the numbers show
Counted from the threads quoted below. How we count
- This comes up 82.2× more often in r/shopify than across the site as a whole.
What people tried
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In their words
Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.
“Cannot access our websites, neither can customers.”source ↗
“down for me too, i had chatgpt working, i thought it broke something lol”source ↗
“Yep- tried mine and a friends .shop url down for both!”source ↗
“So frustrating. Let us know when you see it back online.”source ↗
Where this came up
People with this problem also raised
- 3My developer registered my domain and won't give it back
- 3Why does our website only work with its internal IP?
- 2Why does DNS stop working across the domain after an update?
- 8Why didn't our backup internet fail over?
- 2KB5124008 breaking domain trust?
- 4What to do when your dot com domain is taken or parked