Updated
Updated · Hollywood Reporter · Aug 9
Letterboxd Server Outage Logs Out 30 Million Users as Sunday Crash Stretches Past 10:50 a.m. PT
Updated
Updated · Hollywood Reporter · Aug 9

Letterboxd Server Outage Logs Out 30 Million Users as Sunday Crash Stretches Past 10:50 a.m. PT

3 articles · Updated · Hollywood Reporter · Aug 9

Summary

  • Letterboxd said its service was still down as of 10:50 a.m. PT Sunday, hours after users were abruptly logged out and unable to sign back in.
  • A server outage caused the disruption, with login attempts returning “The server returned an error. Please try again later,” while the site posted that it was offline and would “be back soon.”
  • Letterboxd first acknowledged the problem just before 6:30 a.m. PT and said its team was working to restore access.
  • The outage hit a platform launched in 2011 that has more than 30 million users worldwide, prompting complaints on social media from movie fans unable to post reviews or access long-dormant accounts.

Insights

Could this massive outage jeopardize Letterboxd's rumored $250 million acquisition by giants like Netflix?
Did adding 10 million users in a single year finally break the platform's servers?