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Is Lightning AI down right now?
Live Lightning AI status, checked every minute from Lightning AI's official status page, plus reports from other users.
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What's happening with Lightning AI
Service is down to address a security incident open since Oct 16, 2026, 20:34 UTC, rated "Critical"
The latest official update (Oct 19, 2026, 12:49 UTC) says: "More details here: https://lightning.ai/security-incident"
From the Lightning AI status page, as of Oct 22, 2026, 12:35 UTC (refreshed every 3 hours). The live status above is checked every minute.
Lightning AI uptime and outages
Tracked since Oct 7, 2026. Updated Oct 22, 2026, 12:35 UTC.
Recent Lightning AI problems
No outages, degraded periods or maintenance recorded since Oct 7, 2026.
Recent Lightning AI incidents
Biggest outages and full history →- Service is down to address a security incident Oct 16, 2026, 20:34 UTC · ongoing · rated "Critical"
- Service recovery tracker Oct 3, 2026, 04:42 UTC · 2 days 14 hours
- Global Outage Oct 2, 2026, 08:50 UTC · 19 hours 52 min · rated "Critical"
- Lightning H200 Outage Oct 1, 2026, 19:52 UTC · 4 hours 18 min · rated "Major"
- Degraded Performance on Lightning Cloud Workloads Sep 10, 2026, 20:37 UTC · 31 minutes
From Lightning AI's official status page. Major and long incidents have their own page with the cause and fix time.
Where Lightning AI problems are reported
Where people reported Lightning AI problems in the last 24 hours, by country, region and city.
0 in 24 hours0 in the last houras of Oct 22, 2026, 12:35 UTC
Top regions
- No reports in the last 24 hours.
Top cities
- No city has 5 or more reports.
For privacy a city is listed only once 5 or more people there have reported in 24 hours.
Map of user reports in the last 24 hours, not Lightning AI's official outage map. Each report is one visitor to this site saying something is not working, placed by the approximate location of their connection. A region in the list means people there reported problems, not that an outage is confirmed.
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[](https://isitupordown.com/is-lightning-ai-down/)curl https://isitupordown.com/v1/status/lightning-aiWhat to do if Lightning AI is not working
- Check the status card at the top of this page. If Lightning AI reports a problem, it is on their side: wait, or launch somewhere else.
- If an instance will not start, try another region or another GPU type: "no capacity" errors usually mean that type is sold out, not an outage.
- If you cannot connect over SSH, check the instance is running, the port and IP are right, and your key is the one the instance was created with.
- Check your account balance or billing limit: many GPU clouds stop or refuse instances when credit runs out.
- Save your work to persistent storage or a volume, so a failed or preempted instance does not lose it.
- Look at the reports on this page: if other people report the same problem with Lightning AI at the same time, it is not just you.
Lightning AI outage questions
Is Lightning AI down right now?
The card at the top of this page reads Lightning AI's official status page live, and times Lightning AI's API from our servers every few minutes. If the official page shows an incident, the problem is on Lightning AI's side.
When was Lightning AI last down?
We have not recorded a Lightning AI outage or degraded period since we started tracking it on Oct 7, 2026. Its uptime and the full history are on the Lightning AI outage history page.
Why can't I start an instance on Lightning AI?
The most common cause is no free capacity for that GPU type in that region, which is not an outage. Try another region or GPU type, and check your account balance. If the status above shows an incident, wait for it to clear.
What can I use while Lightning AI is down?
Other gpu clouds include RunPod, Lambda, Vast.ai, CoreWeave, Paperspace, Crusoe Cloud. Each has its own status page on this site, so you can check one is working before you switch.
Where is Lightning AI's official status page?
Lightning AI's official status page is https://status.lightning.ai. We read it live at the top of this page.