Is Lightning AI down?

Right now, Lightning AI appears to be degraded — some users may see errors or slowness. Lightning AI's official status page still reports all systems operational, but our independent checks are failing (Endpoint unreachable (connection failed or timed out)). This often happens in the first minutes of an incident, before the status page updates — treat as unconfirmed degradation.

AIDownCheck runs an independent reachability check from our own servers, separate from Lightning AI's official status page. If our check passes but you still can't connect, the problem is more likely local — try a different network, clear your cookies, disable VPN/extensions, or use a different browser. If our check is failing too, it's more likely Lightning AI's side.

Common causes are an upstream provider incident, API rate limits during peak demand, a regional CDN issue, or maintenance. Lightning AI is currently degraded. We show the official status, our independent check, and a confidence level so you can see which signals point to a real problem.

Good alternatives include Baseten, Modal. We track their live status too, so you can switch to one that's currently operational.

Lightning AI's official status page is at https://status.lightning.ai. AIDownCheck reads it automatically and combines it with our own checks — so you get the answer without juggling tabs.