- Status page says
- Operational since Oct 19
- Last 90 days
- 4 incidents, 1 major or critical
- Rewrites caught
- None so far
- Next deprecation
- None announced
Select a day to jump to its incidents below.
How DNSimple reports incidents
Compared with the 152 vendors that have enough incidents to compare. Each tick is one vendor; lower is better on every line.
Provisional. Built nightly from every archived version of each incident, last on Oct 19. Compare all vendors
- First posted only after it was over
- 0% 0 of the 49 incidents we have in full detail
The first update already said resolved. Typical vendor: 6%.
DNSimple: lower than most vendors.
- Time to resolve
- 1 h 42 min median; 9 in 10 within 5 h 26 min
From the vendor’s own start and resolve times, last 365 days. Typical vendor: 2 h.
DNSimple: around the middle.
- Major or critical incidents
- 0.3 a month 4 in the last 365 days
Impact as the vendor labels it. Typical vendor: 1.2 a month.
DNSimple: lower than most vendors.
- Rewrites caught
- None so far
Counts, not a rate: 10-minute tracking began Oct 17, so there are too few events to compare yet.
Dependencies
What DNSimple relies on and who relies on DNSimple, as observed in status-page incidents: who they blame, where they say they run, and who fails at the same time. Observed, not verified.
DNSimple depends on
| Provider | Evidence | Signal |
|---|---|---|
| Cloudflare | blamed in 1 incident; together in 1 outage event “…Intermittent DNS responses to ns4 in the Amsterdam region We have gotten word from CloudFlare that the attack has subsided and service is restored in the Amsterdam region for ns4.…” incident | Likely |
Outage events: Microsoft Azure west us, Jul 23 (timing), Heroku, Aug 23, 2022 (timing), Cloudflare, Jul 17, 2020 (timing).
Strong: same company, or blamed in two separate outages. Likely: blamed once, or named as hosting and failing together. Weak: listed as a subprocessor, integration-only, or failing together repeatedly without being named.
Changes and edits
Incidents DNSimple rewrote or removed, and notable changes to the pages we watch.
Struck in red is what DNSimple removed. Blue is what they added.
Thursday, July 23
1 incident change
- MajorMajor incident
Tuesday, February 10
1 incident change
- MajorMajor incident
Tuesday, February 3
1 incident change
- MajorMajor incident
Friday, October 24, 2025
1 incident change
- CriticalCritical incident
Thursday, October 2, 2025
1 incident change
- MajorMajor incident
Tuesday, September 16, 2025
1 incident change
- MajorMajor incident
Thursday, August 21, 2025
1 incident change
- MajorMajor incident
Friday, July 18, 2025
1 incident change
- MajorMajor incident
Pricing and pages we watch
| Page | Versions | Last changed | Last checked | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Privacy policy (opens in new tab) | 1 | No changes yet | ||
| Terms of service (opens in new tab) | 1 | No changes yet |
Each change links to its diff: the changed passages with a few words of context, never a full copy of the page.
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Incidents
Latest 100 of 344 incidents since Nov 6, 2014, 58 of them major or critical. Maintenance is left out.
Per year, major and critical in amber:
2014: 9 incidents, 2 major or critical; 2015: 47 incidents, 9 major or critical; 2016: 34 incidents, 4 major or critical; 2017: 21 incidents, 0 major or critical; 2018: 14 incidents, 4 major or critical; 2019: 22 incidents, 10 major or critical; 2020: 26 incidents, 7 major or critical; 2021: 25 incidents, 4 major or critical; 2022: 24 incidents, 2 major or critical; 2023: 21 incidents, 3 major or critical; 2024: 34 incidents, 4 major or critical; 2025: 50 incidents, 6 major or critical; 2026: 17 incidents, 3 major or critical
Friday, October 16
1 incident
- No impact listed, 11 h 4 minIncident, no impact listed
Sunday, September 6
1 incident
- Minor, 2 h 45 minMinor incident
Saturday, August 8
1 incident
- Minor, 5 h 26 minMinor incident
Thursday, July 23
1 incident, 1 major or critical
- Major, 43 minMajor incident
Friday, June 5
1 incident
- Minor, 4 minMinor incident
Friday, May 22
1 incident
- Minor, 11 h 34 minMinor incident
Monday, May 18
1 incident
- Minor, 34 minMinor incident
Friday, May 8
1 incident
- Minor, 4 h 43 minMinor incident
Monday, April 20
1 incident
- Minor, 1 h 50 minMinor incident
Thursday, March 5
1 incident
- Minor, 2 h 32 minMinor incident
Monday, March 2
1 incident
- Minor, 3 h 12 minMinor incident
Wednesday, February 18
1 incident
- Minor, 1 h 42 minMinor incident
Tuesday, February 10
1 incident, 1 major or critical
- Major, 6 h 12 minMajor incident
Tuesday, February 3
2 incidents, 1 major or critical
- Major, 1 h 14 minMajor incident
- Minor, 3 h 46 minMinor incident
Thursday, January 29
1 incident
- Minor, 1 h 6 minMinor incident
Thursday, January 22
1 incident
- Minor, 1 h 12 minMinor incident
Tuesday, December 30, 2025
1 incident
- Minor, 1 h 52 minMinor incident
Tuesday, December 16, 2025
1 incident
- Minor, 1 hMinor incident
Thursday, December 11, 2025
1 incident
- Minor, 1 h 18 minMinor incident
Sunday, December 7, 2025
2 incidents
- No impact listed, 38 minIncident, no impact listed
- No impact listed, 20 minIncident, no impact listed
Thursday, December 4, 2025
1 incident
- Minor, 3 minMinor incident
Monday, December 1, 2025
1 incident
- Minor, 2 h 43 minMinor incident
Friday, November 28, 2025
1 incident
- Minor, 14 minMinor incident
Thursday, November 27, 2025
1 incident
- No impact listed, 3 h 24 minIncident, no impact listed
Monday, November 10, 2025
1 incident
- Minor, 1 h 56 minMinor incident
Wednesday, November 5, 2025
2 incidents
- Minor, 1 h 35 minMinor incident
- Minor, 1 h 13 minMinor incident
Wednesday, October 29, 2025
1 incident
- Minor, 1 h 47 minMinor incident
Friday, October 24, 2025
1 incident, 1 major or critical
- Critical, 1 h 39 minCritical incident
Tuesday, October 14, 2025
1 incident
- Minor, 48 minMinor incident
Friday, October 10, 2025
1 incident
- Minor, 1 h 19 minMinor incident
Thursday, October 2, 2025
1 incident, 1 major or critical
- Major, 51 minMajor incident
Friday, September 19, 2025
1 incident
- Minor, 25 minMinor incident
Tuesday, September 16, 2025
1 incident, 1 major or critical
- Major, 1 h 16 minMajor incident
Thursday, September 11, 2025
1 incident
- Minor, 52 minMinor incident
Monday, September 1, 2025
1 incident
- Minor, 1 h 17 minMinor incident
Thursday, August 21, 2025
1 incident, 1 major or critical
- Major, 1 h 4 minMajor incident
Monday, August 11, 2025
1 incident
- Minor, 21 minMinor incident
Tuesday, July 22, 2025
1 incident
- Minor, 3 h 53 minMinor incident
Friday, July 18, 2025
1 incident, 1 major or critical
- Major, 10 h 34 minMajor incident
Thursday, July 3, 2025
1 incident
- Minor, 11 h 8 minMinor incident
Monday, June 9, 2025
1 incident
- Minor, 1 h 26 minMinor incident
Friday, May 23, 2025
1 incident
- Minor, 49 minMinor incident
Friday, May 16, 2025
3 incidents
- Minor, 1 h 30 minMinor incident
- Minor, 3 h 17 minMinor incident
- Minor, 21 minMinor incident
Thursday, May 8, 2025
1 incident
- No impact listed, 5 h 59 minIncident, no impact listed
Sunday, May 4, 2025
1 incident
- No impact listed, 46 minIncident, no impact listed
Friday, May 2, 2025
1 incident
- Minor, 2 h 18 minMinor incident
Wednesday, April 30, 2025
1 incident, 1 major or critical
- Major, 1 h 35 minMajor incident
Friday, April 25, 2025
2 incidents
- No impact listed, 1 hIncident, no impact listed
- No impact listed, 2 h 18 minIncident, no impact listed
Friday, April 11, 2025
1 incident
- No impact listed, 49 minIncident, no impact listed
Monday, April 7, 2025
1 incident
- No impact listed, 3 h 11 minIncident, no impact listed
Friday, April 4, 2025
1 incident
- Minor, 1 h 1 minMinor incident
Wednesday, April 2, 2025
1 incident
- No impact listed, 30 minIncident, no impact listed
Tuesday, April 1, 2025
1 incident
- Minor, 53 minMinor incident
Friday, March 14, 2025
1 incident
- No impact listed, 4 h 15 minIncident, no impact listed
Thursday, February 27, 2025
1 incident
- Minor, 1 h 28 minMinor incident
Wednesday, February 5, 2025
1 incident
- Minor, 2 h 37 minMinor incident
Friday, January 31, 2025
1 incident
- No impact listed, 6 h 4 minIncident, no impact listed
Friday, January 24, 2025
1 incident
- Minor, 2 h 42 minMinor incident
Wednesday, January 8, 2025
1 incident
- No impact listed, under a minuteIncident, no impact listed
Wednesday, January 1, 2025
2 incidents
- No impact listed, 19 minIncident, no impact listed
- No impact listed, 57 minIncident, no impact listed
Tuesday, December 17, 2024
1 incident
- Minor, 26 h 12 minMinor incident
Monday, December 16, 2024
1 incident
- Minor, 5 h 37 minMinor incident
Thursday, December 12, 2024
1 incident
- No impact listed, 44 minIncident, no impact listed
Wednesday, November 27, 2024
2 incidents
- Minor, 3 h 12 minMinor incident
- Minor, 2 h 3 minMinor incident
Monday, November 25, 2024
1 incident
- Minor, 3 h 11 minMinor incident
Tuesday, November 19, 2024
1 incident, 1 major or critical
- Critical, 1 h 54 minCritical incident
Wednesday, November 6, 2024
1 incident, 1 major or critical
- Critical, 34 minCritical incident
Thursday, October 17, 2024
2 incidents
- Minor, 4 h 27 minMinor incident
- Minor, 2 h 31 minMinor incident
Monday, October 7, 2024
1 incident
- Minor, 45 minMinor incident
Saturday, September 21, 2024
1 incident
- No impact listed, 49 minIncident, no impact listed
Wednesday, September 18, 2024
1 incident
- Minor, 4 h 54 minMinor incident
Tuesday, September 17, 2024
1 incident
- Minor, 3 h 31 minMinor incident
Monday, September 16, 2024
1 incident
- No impact listed, 6 h 42 minIncident, no impact listed
Wednesday, August 21, 2024
1 incident
- Minor, 20 minMinor incident
Thursday, August 8, 2024
1 incident, 1 major or critical
- Major, 1 h 33 minMajor incident
Wednesday, July 31, 2024
1 incident
- Minor, 2 h 1 minMinor incident
Wednesday, July 10, 2024
1 incident
- Minor, 2 h 8 minMinor incident
Thursday, July 4, 2024
1 incident
- Minor, 1 h 12 minMinor incident
Monday, July 1, 2024
1 incident
- Minor, 1 h 14 minMinor incident
Thursday, June 27, 2024
1 incident
- Minor, 1 h 43 minMinor incident
Sunday, June 16, 2024
1 incident
- Minor, 1 h 3 minMinor incident
Monday, June 10, 2024
1 incident, 1 major or critical
- Major, 2 h 50 minMajor incident
Thursday, May 30, 2024
1 incident
- Minor, 3 h 9 minMinor incident
Wednesday, May 29, 2024
1 incident
- Minor, 1 h 1 minMinor incident
Tuesday, May 21, 2024
1 incident
- Minor, 1 h 48 minMinor incident
Thursday, May 16, 2024
1 incident
- Minor, 3 h 10 minMinor incident
Saturday, May 11, 2024
1 incident
- Minor, 33 minMinor incident
Saturday, April 20, 2024
1 incident
- Minor, 1 h 1 minMinor incident
Saturday, April 13, 2024
1 incident
- Minor, 1 h 20 minMinor incident
Tuesday, January 23, 2024
1 incident
- Minor, 55 minMinor incident
Monday, January 8, 2024
1 incident
- No impact listed, 5 h 24 minIncident, no impact listed