User reports
0
Near baseline. 0 in the last hour. Typical hour is about 0.
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Is Real Python down?
Checks are succeeding, user reports are near the baseline, and the vendor status page is clear.
Live diagnosis
Is it just me?
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Our checksReaching it
Official · ReportsAll clear · Near baseline
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Live outage map
No reports in the last 24 hours.
Dots are whole states, provinces or countries, never exact locations. We never store IP addresses. Every report with a known place can appear on the map. Updates every minute.
What's broken
Recent reports
Each row is a time, a coarse place, and a problem type from a new report. Optional notes stay private. Places with fewer than 3 reports in the last 8 days are shown without a location.
No public reports yet.
Our checks
Reaching it
Last checked 1 hr ago. Last stored result reached it in 219 ms.
Official status
All clear
No active incidents in the official feed Official status page
Reports and checks
Numbers behind the chart
| Time (UTC) | Reports | Baseline | Latency | Failed checks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 373 ms | 0 |
| Nov 7 | 0 | 0.0 | 185 ms | 0 |
| Nov 7 | 0 | 0.0 | 167 ms | 0 |
| Nov 7 | 0 | 0.0 | 297 ms | 0 |
| Nov 7 | 0 | 0.0 | 308 ms | 0 |
| Nov 8 | 0 | 0.0 | 259 ms | 0 |
| Nov 8 | 0 | 0.0 | 286 ms | 0 |
| Nov 8 | 0 | 0.0 | 289 ms | 0 |
| Nov 8 | 0 | 0.0 | 187 ms | 0 |
| Nov 9 | 0 | 0.0 | 269 ms | 0 |
| Nov 9 | 0 | 0.0 | 278 ms | 0 |
| Nov 9 | 0 | 0.0 | 258 ms | 0 |
| Nov 9 | 0 | 0.0 | 315 ms | 0 |
| Nov 10 | 0 | 0.0 | 298 ms | 0 |
| Nov 10 | 0 | 0.0 | 336 ms | 0 |
| Nov 10 | 0 | 0.0 | 285 ms | 0 |
| Nov 10 | 0 | 0.0 | 322 ms | 0 |
| Nov 11 | 0 | 0.0 | 293 ms | 0 |
| Nov 11 | 0 | 0.0 | 293 ms | 0 |
| Nov 11 | 0 | 0.0 | 336 ms | 0 |
| Nov 11 | 0 | 0.0 | 323 ms | 0 |
| Nov 12 | 0 | 0.0 | 315 ms | 0 |
| Nov 12 | 0 | 0.0 | 243 ms | 0 |
| Nov 12 | 0 | 0.0 | 194 ms | 0 |
| Nov 12 | 0 | 0.0 | 252 ms | 0 |
| Nov 13 | 0 | 0.0 | 254 ms | 0 |
Reliability
100%Uptime · 30 days
100%Uptime · 90 days
0 / 0Outages · 30 / 90 days
—Average outage
100% uptime · No user reports in the last 24h
90 days ago → today. Uptime is from our own HTTP checks; outages are incidents that lasted long enough to list. We have 8 days of data so far, so the 90-day numbers fill in over time.
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Past outages
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About Real Python
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Real Python publishes an official status page at status.realpython.com; when we can read it, its incident level is folded into the status shown here.
What usually goes wrong with AI services: slow or failed responses, rate-limit errors, and API timeouts.
Measured uptime from our checks: 100% over 8 days of checks. No public incidents logged since monitoring began 8 days ago.
Response time over the last 24 hours: 254 ms average, 162–421 ms range across 15 successful checks.
Questions
Is Real Python down right now?
Checks are succeeding, user reports are near the baseline, and the vendor status page is clear.
When was Real Python last down?
We have not recorded a public Real Python incident since monitoring began 8 days ago.
What is Real Python's uptime?
From our own checks: 100% over 8 days of checks.
How fast does Real Python respond?
254 ms on average over the last 24 hours (162–421 ms).
Does Real Python have an official status page?
Yes, at https://status.realpython.com.
Real Python not working for me but the status is fine. What now?
It is usually local: try another browser or the app, switch between Wi-Fi and mobile data, and clear the cache. For AI services, watch for slow or failed responses, rate-limit errors, and API timeouts. If many people report Real Python here at once, the problem is on Real Python's side.
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