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Original story (from May 11, 2021) follows:

Incoming is a service outage alert!

Is Twitch down, not working or throwing error 2000? Please be informed that the service is going through an outage due to scheduled maintenance which has got affected users to route to micro-blogging site Twitter and other online discussion platforms to highlight their concern. Take a look at what some of those affected have to say:

Also twitch is down right now; I’ll knock my AM stuff out and aim for a stream in a lil bit
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seems like twitch server is down for maintenance hence the interrupted stream…

anywho…thanks for being there for me tonight! and have a good rest! (=
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A quick look at Down detector – a service that gives a realtime overview of outages and other issues – reflects Twitch is encountering a glitch. Here’s a live outage map showcasing the same:

Coming to whether there’s an official word on the matter, well, as it’s a planned maintenance, Twitch support already informed beforehand about it:

We are now beginning our scheduled maintenance. During this time, you may not be able to view streams or go live. We do not expect this to take longer than one hour.

So we’ll update this page with relevant info as and when we catch hold of any. In case you’re facing the problem discussed here, stay tuned for more updates.

Update 1 (May 11, 2021)

Maintenance has been concluded.

We have now concluded our scheduled maintenance. Streams should be back to normal.

Update 2 (October 06, 2021)

03:56 pm (IST): Fresh reports on Twitter, as well as Downdetector, suggest that Twitch is down and not working for many. This outage could be linked to the recent breach where the entire codebase of Twitch was leaked.

is twitch down or something cause it was working just fine now i get network error even though my internet is fine (Source)

Is it me or is twitch down? (Source)

Update 3 (September 14, 2022)

04:22 pm (IST): Many users have taken to Twitter (1, 2) to report that Twitch is currently down or not working for them.

06:30 pm (IST): Twitch support has acknowledged the recent outage with their service and said that they are working to resolve it.

We’re aware of issues loading Twitch for users within the OCE region. Our team is currently looking into this. We will notify you when the issue is resolved – thank you for your reports and patience (Source)

Update 4 (September 15, 2022)

07:25 pm (IST): Twitch support has confirmed that the recent issue with their service has now been resolved.

This incident is now resolved! You should be able to access the Twitch site again from the previously impacted locations. Thank you all once again for your reports and patience while our team resolved this (Source)

Update 5 (June 14, 2023)

08:39 am (IST): Twitch users report that the service is currently down or not working for them (1, 2).

01:30 pm (IST): Twitch streaming platform is already working correctly.

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