Replit is a browser-based development environment and AI coding platform used by over 25 million developers for collaborative coding, rapid prototyping, and deploying applications. The platform provides a full IDE in the browser with support for 50+ programming languages, built-in hosting, a package manager, database, and real-time multiplayer editing. Replit's AI agent can build full applications from natural language prompts, and Ghostwriter provides AI-assisted code completion and chat. The platform has expanded from education into professional development and production deployment.
Replit outages involve the workspace container infrastructure that powers the browser-based IDE, with container startup failures and resource allocation errors being the most common causes. Database availability issues have been particularly problematic — in a widely reported incident, Replit accidentally deleted a user's production database during a maintenance operation. Deployment infrastructure failures prevent hosted Repls from serving traffic. Real-time collaboration WebSocket connections drop during backend scaling events, and AI features experience independent degradation during GPU capacity constraints.
When Replit goes down, developers lose access to their code, running applications, and hosted databases simultaneously. Unlike local development environments, a Replit outage means you cannot even read your code because it lives entirely in Replit's cloud infrastructure. Deployed applications served through Replit's hosting become unreachable. Students and educators using Replit for coursework lose access during critical assignment deadlines. The platform's all-in-one nature means an outage has an especially comprehensive blast radius.
Use this page to check Replit availability. Replit outages can affect the IDE workspace, hosted deployments, or AI features independently. Check status.replit.com for official per-component status. If your Repl loads but cannot execute code, it may be a container infrastructure issue rather than a full outage.
Replit stores your code in cloud containers. While generally reliable, there have been reported incidents of data loss, including a case where a user's production database was accidentally deleted during maintenance. For important projects, regularly export your code to GitHub or download local backups. Never use Replit as your sole code repository for critical projects.
Deployed Repls running on Replit's hosting infrastructure become unreachable during platform outages. Users visiting your application URL will see connection errors. Once Replit recovers, deployments should automatically resume. For production applications, consider deploying to a dedicated hosting platform rather than relying on Replit's built-in hosting.
No, Replit is entirely browser-based with no offline mode. During outages, you cannot read, edit, or run your code. This is a fundamental limitation of fully cloud-based development environments. Maintain local copies of important projects using Git integration to ensure access during Replit downtime.
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