Changes / Wix / RESOLVED: Certain Sites Experiencing Server Error
Wix: Major incident: RESOLVED: Certain Sites Experiencing Server Error
Summary
Certain Wix live sites failed to open, displaying “the server encountered a temporary error,” in a major-impact outage from 2025-08-18 07:42 UTC to 2025-08-18 14:29 UTC, lasting 6 h 47 min. Engineers implemented a fix at 12:43 UTC, and Wix subsequently confirmed resolution.
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What changed
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After: 2025-08-18 07:42 UTC
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After: 2025-08-18 14:29 UTC
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After: Site Loading, Site Loading - Site Loading
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After: We are seeing "the server encountered a temporary error" when trying to open certain live sites.
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After: We are continuing to investigate this issue.
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After: We are continuing to investigate the issue related to a server error displaying on certain live sites.
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After: A fix has been implemented by our engineers and we are monitoring the results.
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After: This incident has been resolved.
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History of this incident
| When (UTC) | Change | Kind |
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| Major incident: RESOLVED: Certain Sites Experiencing Server Error (this change) Certain Wix live sites failed to open, displaying “the server encountered a temporary error,” in a major-impact outage from 2025-08-18 07:42 UTC to 2025-08-18 14:29 UTC, lasting 6 h 47 min. Engineers implemented a fix at 12:43 UTC, and Wix subsequently confirmed resolution. | Major incident |