ROBLOX went down on October 29, 2021, according to claims on social media sites.
The popular online gaming platform which was released in 2006 and allows users to play games designed by other users did not come back online until Halloween night.
When was Roblox down?
Roblox was said to have gone down at around 4am IST on October 29, 2021, if Twitter posts are correct.
And there still appeared to be issues accessing the platform on October 30 and October 31.
A message from the Roblox Status account said: “Looks like #Roblox is currently experiencing issues!
“We’ll update you if we receive any further information. Services impacted: Games & Account Information.”
According to Republic World, engineers have not yet been able to identify the cause of the problem – but it is thought not to be related to any specific partnerships.
The official Roblox Twitter account said: “We know you’re having issues using Roblox right now. We’re sorry and working hard to get things back to normal.”
It later added: “Still making progress on today’s outage. We’ll continue to keep you updated.
“Once again, we apologize for the delay. We know that this outage was not related to any specific experiences or partnerships on the platform.”
Around 6pm ET on October 30, Roblox updated with:
“We believe we have identified an underlying internal cause of the outage. We’re in the process of performing the necessary engineering and maintenance work to get Roblox back up and running ASAP. Thanks for your patience.”
As of 9am on October 31, there had been a reported 801 reports of outage in the previous 24 hours.
Meanwhile, the player count on the platform is said to have decreased from over three million before the outage began to less than a million due to the interruption to service.
What was wrong with Roblox?
Downdetector has also been reporting issues with the site.
There are many reasons why Roblox could have been experiencing technical difficulties, most likely due to maintenance or bug fixes.
According to Downdetector, there were 28,104 Roblox outage reports.
Out of which, about half were regarding issues with the website, a third were regarding issues with login, and several were regarding server connection issues.
While no official reason has been given for the outage, users say the company has not upgraded their servers.
Others have claimed the website went down due to a free burrito coupon being given in collaboration with Chipotle Mexican Grill.
However, Roblox tweeted that the outage was “not related to any specific experiences or partnerships on the platform”.
It is not known how long the outage will last.
Has Roblox shut down before?
Here are the dates when Roblox shut down or experienced issues in 2021.
- October 30, 2021
- October 29, 2021
- July 20, 2021
- July 13, 2021
- July 1, 2021
- June 12, 2021
- June 9, 2021
- May 25, 2021
- May 13, 2021
- April 29, 2021
- January 18, 2021
