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Is Social Security down right now?

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No — Social Security looks fine — no unusual problems right now.
updated 2026-10-14 03:30:26 ET
Visitor reports
0
in the last 15 minutes — nothing unusual.
Our live checks
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What we see from the outside — not the whole network.

Our checks · last 24 h100.0% reachable

We test Social Security’s public endpoints every 15 minutes. Green = reachable, red = no response, grey = no check that hour.

Reports · last 24 hfixed scale

no reports in the last 24 hours

Where it's worst

No reports yet.

What's broken

No reports yet.

Recent outages monitoring since October 2026

No Social Security outages recorded since October 2026 — that is a good sign. The 24-hour report graph above is the live history so far; confirmed outages will be logged here with their duration and peak.
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What to do if Social Security is down

  1. Government sites get overloaded near deadlines — try again off-peak (early morning or late evening).
  2. Clear your browser cache or try a different browser; these portals are sensitive to stale sessions.
  3. Use the official phone line (linked below) if an online service stays unavailable.
  4. Check this page — if reports are spiking here, the problem is Social Security, not you, and there is nothing to fix on your end but wait.
  5. Try the service a second way (app vs website, or mobile data vs Wi-Fi). If one works and the other does not, the outage is partial.
  6. Check Social Security’s own status channels (linked below) and their X/Twitter feed for an acknowledgement.

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Is Social Security down right now?
No, Social Security looks fine — no unusual problems right now. As of 2026-10-14 03:30:26 ET there are 0 visitor reports in the last 15 minutes. Live status from itsdown.ca.
Why is my Social Security not working?
It is either a wider Social Security outage or something local to you. If the reports on this page are spiking, it is Social Security — not your device — and the fix is to wait. If they are not, work through the "What to do" steps above; most Social Security problems clear with a restart or by switching between the app and the website.
Is it just me, or is Social Security down for everyone?
Check the two signals on this page: 0 visitor reports in the last 15 minutes, and our live reachability checks. A spike in reports from across the US means it is not just you; near-zero reports usually point to a problem on your own connection or account.
How long do Social Security outages usually last?
Most Social Security disruptions are resolved within a couple of hours; larger ones can run longer. The "Recent outages" history above shows how long past Social Security outages actually lasted.
How does itsdown.ca know if Social Security is down?
Two separate signals, never mixed: reports people file here, and automated checks we run against Social Security’s public endpoints every 15 minutes. A responding website does not always mean the service works, so we show both.