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SaaSLive status, outages, and incident history

No. Buttondown is up right now.

Every monitored Buttondown system is operational as of November 9, 2026. PulsAPI did not find an outage in its latest check of the official status feed.

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Buttondown Status Summary

As of 14:18 UTC on 9 November 2026, Buttondown is operational. PulsAPI checked Buttondown's official status page and found 5 of 5 components operational, with no active incidents. Over the last 30 days PulsAPI measured 99.99% uptime for Buttondown, counting degraded performance as up. The latest incident, "Emails not sending", was on Nov 7, 2026 and lasted 59 min.

Cite as: PulsAPI, “Buttondown status”, checked 9 November 2026, 14:18 UTC. https://www.pulsapi.com/services/buttondown

Buttondown Component Status

The main Buttondown systems on this page. All 5 are operational right now.

5operational
API
Operational
Author-facing app
Operational
Automations
Operational

2 more components tracked

Their status is in the bar above. Free accounts see every component by name.

Also tracking Emails, Subscriber-facing app.

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Component statuses may change independently during partial outages.

Recent Buttondown Outages & Incidents

Incident history from the official Buttondown status page, including resolution updates.

Emails not sendingResolved Nov 7, 2026 · 59 minResolved

We're fully back online! Delayed emails and drafts are in inboxes, and we're seeing recent emails send without a delay. ✅ --- [2026-11-07T00:55:10Z] (monitoring) The app is back online. And we're seeing the outbound queue clear, as emails/drafts hit inboxes. But we'll be continuing to monitor the incident until we're confident that things are stable! 💙 --- [2026-11-07T01:08:51Z] (identified) We're beginning to see our backend recover. But our vendor is still showing [an active incident](https://health.aws.amazon.com/health/status), so we're going to keep monitoring until we're confident that we're back online. --- [2026-11-07T01:08:34Z] (identified) The team has identified the cause of the issue: [an upstream vendor](https://health.aws.amazon.com/health/status) is currently having an outage that's preventing backend actions from running. This includes all outbound email and drafts. We're continuing to monitor the situation, and will keep you all updated when we learn more. --- [2026-11-07T00:13:45Z] (investigating) We're currently investigating customer reports of emails not sending. This is impacting both outbound emails, as well as sending drafts. We'll post updates as we learn more.

Issues with the web app, and the backlogResolved Sep 9, 2026 · 2h 58mResolved

All services has been restored! We're working directly with authors' who were impacted by the downtime. 💙 --- [2026-09-09T20:39:04Z] (monitoring) We're seeing the backlog clear, but are continuing to monitor to make sure there are no lingering issues. --- [2026-09-09T20:25:29Z] (investigating) The team is continuing to investing the issue with the backlog clearing slowly. --- [2026-09-09T19:59:36Z] (investigating) While the Dashboard and Archives are fully back online, we're investigating reports that the backlog is not clearing quickly enough. This is impacting things like drafts, and outbound emails. --- [2026-09-09T19:32:56Z] (monitoring) We've mitigated the issue, and we're seeing the Dashboard and Archives come back online. We'll continue monitoring. --- [2026-09-09T19:21:42Z] (investigating) We're seeing the Dashboard and Archives come back online, but with some intermittent errors. The team is still investigating the root cause. --- [2026-09-09T19:18:57Z] (investigating) We're currently investigating reports that the Dashboard and Archives are down.

Buttondown Uptime History

Daily uptime recorded by PulsAPI over the last 90 days, with the days that carried a Buttondown incident marked. Each day is measured from our own checks, so the record continues even when the vendor publishes nothing.

Uptime history91 days observed
Aug 11100.00% average · 2 days with incidentsNov 9

Going further back: Buttondown uptime by month and every recorded Buttondown outage.

Live Buttondown Outage Reports

Problems reported by engineers using Buttondown. Reports often appear 10 to 20 minutes before the official status page moves, and stay on this page for 90 days.

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About Buttondown

Is Buttondown down? Buttondown reports live availability for 5 components at status.buttondown.com, among them Author-facing app, Subscriber-facing app and API. Track Buttondown outages, degradations and past incidents here, with uptime history and alerts across your SaaS stack.

Over the past 30 days, PulsAPI has measured Buttondown uptime at 99.99%. Response times, incident history, and SLA tracking for Buttondown are available on the PulsAPI dashboard.

Buttondown Status FAQ

Is Buttondown down right now?

The verdict at the top of this page comes from the latest poll of the official Buttondown status feed and refreshes automatically, so you are not looking at a stale cached answer. PulsAPI re-checks it every 60 seconds.

What should I do if Buttondown is not working?

Check the component list on this page first to see if your failure matches a known outage. If it does, you can report the issue for other engineers, follow the incident timeline for vendor updates, and run any fallback your app supports until Buttondown recovers.

How do I check Buttondown uptime history?

PulsAPI tracks Buttondown uptime over 30, 60, and 90-day rolling windows. The current 30-day uptime is 99.99%. The 90-day uptime strip on this page is public: no account needed. A free account adds alerts whenever Buttondown changes state, plus 15 days of incident detail; Pro extends that to 90 days and Business to 13 months.

How fast does PulsAPI detect Buttondown outages?

PulsAPI reads the official Buttondown status page. PulsAPI re-checks it every 60 seconds. Alerts reach Slack, Discord, Microsoft Teams, PagerDuty, or email once a change has held for 5 minutes, so a one-minute blip does not page you.

Does PulsAPI track individual Buttondown components?

Yes. PulsAPI monitors 5 individual Buttondown components, so you can see which service or region is affected instead of a generic "service degraded" banner.

Can I get alerts when Buttondown goes down?

Yes. Create a free account and subscribe to Buttondown: the free plan covers three services with unlimited email alerts and no monthly notification cap. Paid plans lift the monitor limit entirely (Pro and above do not meter how many vendors you watch) and route the same alerts into Slack, Discord, Microsoft Teams, PagerDuty and webhooks.

How do I report an issue with Buttondown to the community?

Click "Report an issue" at the top of this page, pick the issue type and severity, and optionally add your region and a short note. Reports are anonymous and help other engineers spot Buttondown problems early. Official status pages often lag real incidents by 10 to 20 minutes.

Is there a free way to monitor Buttondown?

Yes. The free plan covers 3 monitored services with unlimited email alerts, permanently, so Buttondown plus two more costs nothing. Every new account also opens with a 30-day Business trial (unlimited monitors, Slack alerts, SLA reporting) with no credit card.

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