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Is DreamHost Down?

No — DreamHost is up

Reachable from all 8 checked regions

Average response time: 501ms

Last checked · checks run every 6 hours

Official status page: https://www.dreamhoststatus.com

DreamHost uptime

100%
Last 7 days
100%
Last 30 days
100%
Last 90 days
454ms
Avg response, 30 days

Measured from multiple regions every 6 hours. Percentages count only checks that returned an availability answer — 18 days measured so far. A dash means that window does not yet hold enough measured days to publish a figure.

30-day history

18-day clean streak
Jul 25: no data
Jul 26: no data
Jul 27: no data
Jul 28: no data
Jul 29: no data
Jul 30: no data
Jul 31: no data
Aug 1: no data
Aug 2: no data
Aug 3: no data
Aug 4: no data
Aug 5: no data
Aug 6: 100.00% uptime, 16 checks
Aug 7: 100.00% uptime, 24 checks
Aug 8: 100.00% uptime, 32 checks
Aug 9: 100.00% uptime, 48 checks
Aug 10: 100.00% uptime, 32 checks
Aug 11: 100.00% uptime, 32 checks
Aug 12: 100.00% uptime, 32 checks
Aug 13: 100.00% uptime, 32 checks
Aug 14: 100.00% uptime, 40 checks
Aug 15: 100.00% uptime, 32 checks
Aug 16: 100.00% uptime, 32 checks
Aug 17: 100.00% uptime, 32 checks
Aug 18: 100.00% uptime, 46 checks
Aug 19: 100.00% uptime, 32 checks
Aug 20: 100.00% uptime, 24 checks
Aug 21: 100.00% uptime, 32 checks
Aug 22: 100.00% uptime, 32 checks
Aug 23: 100.00% uptime, 32 checks
Jul 25 Today
No downtime Partial Downtime Not measurable No data

Reachability by region

Each region runs its own request from a different part of the world. A service can be up for one continent and down for another, which is usually the first sign of a routing or CDN problem.

dfw
208ms
DNS 0ms TCP 1ms TLS 12ms TTFB 151ms
ewr
271ms
DNS 0ms TCP 2ms TLS 10ms TTFB 253ms
fra
447ms
DNS 1ms TCP 1ms TLS 16ms TTFB 402ms
gru
1007ms
DNS 0ms TCP 120ms TLS 137ms TTFB 492ms
iad
233ms
DNS 0ms TCP 1ms TLS 9ms TTFB 218ms
jnb
1266ms
DNS 0ms TCP 0ms TLS 10ms TTFB 617ms
lax
149ms
DNS 0ms TCP 1ms TLS 14ms TTFB 130ms
lhr
361ms
DNS 0ms TCP 3ms TLS 13ms TTFB 295ms
nrt
279ms
DNS 0ms TCP 1ms TLS 10ms TTFB 225ms

What DreamHost does

DreamHost is a web hosting provider running shared hosting, managed WordPress under the DreamPress name, VPS and dedicated servers, alongside domain registration, email hosting and the DreamObjects and DreamCompute cloud products. Customers reach it through the DreamHost panel, and their visitors reach it through whatever site it serves, which is usually where an incident becomes visible first.

What an outage looks like

Sites return 500 errors, connection timeouts or a hosting error page instead of your content, and the WordPress dashboard fails to load while cached front-end pages still serve. Databases refuse connections, producing the 'error establishing a database connection' message. Webmail and email hosting can fail while websites are fine, and the panel and billing may be unreachable while everything customer-facing stays up.

What to do about it

Check www.dreamhoststatus.com, which status.dreamhost.com redirects to. It reports Web Hosting, DreamPress, VPS, Dedicated, Database Hosting, Email Hosting, Webmail, the Web Panel, Billing, Domain Registrations and DreamObjects separately, so a database incident is distinguishable from a web one. Scheduled maintenance is posted there in advance. If only your own site is affected, DreamHost publishes a per-site checklist to work through before opening a ticket.

Is it down for everyone, or just you?

If this page says DreamHost is up but it is not loading for you, the problem is between you and them. Run a check against any URL from all 18 regions to find out where it breaks.

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DreamHost outage FAQ

Is it DreamHost or is it my site?
Load a site hosted somewhere else, then check www.dreamhoststatus.com. If DreamHost reports every component operational and other sites load, the cause is more likely your own code, a plugin update or a database that has stopped accepting connections than the platform itself. DreamHost publishes a troubleshooting checklist for this case, which is worth working through before opening a support ticket.
Why does my site load but the WordPress dashboard does not?
Because the two take different paths. Cached pages and static files can be served without PHP or the database, while the dashboard needs both on every request. Seeing 'error establishing a database connection' in the admin area while the front page still renders points at Database Hosting rather than Web Hosting, and those are reported as separate components on the status page.
Does a DreamHost outage affect my email?
Not necessarily. Email Hosting and Webmail are their own components, so mail can keep flowing while websites are down and the reverse. Mail sent to you while the service is unavailable is generally retried by the sending server rather than discarded. Webmail failing while a desktop mail client still collects mail points at the webmail interface rather than at delivery.
Is my domain registration affected?
Domain Registrations is separate from hosting, and an incident there affects buying, renewing or changing domain settings rather than the resolution of domains already configured. Existing DNS records keep answering from the nameservers whether or not the panel can edit them. A renewal falling inside an incident window is worth confirming afterwards rather than assuming it went through.
How do I know when it is fixed?
The status page posts updates per component and closes the incident when that component returns to operational, which is more reliable than reloading your site. A browser or DNS cache can hold on to a failure, or to a success, for longer than the underlying service, so clear the cache and try a different network before deciding the fix did not work.

How we measure this

  • We request DreamHost's public endpoint every 6 hours from Fly.io regions across six continents — 8 of them answered the most recent check.
  • A region counts as down only when it gets no usable HTTP response. A 403 or 429 means the origin answered and refused us, which we report as blocked, never as an outage.
  • A single failing region is treated as probe noise. We only change the verdict when two consecutive cycles agree.
  • Response times average only the regions that actually served the page, so a timeout never inflates the number.
  • Where DreamHost publishes an official status feed we read it too. An all-clear from the vendor can soften an unconfirmed degradation; a vendor-declared outage only worsens our verdict when our own checks corroborate it.

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