Arch services under DDoS attack (May 2026)

The official status page is here;

Until things settle users may encounter unresponsive wiki or AUR or similar.

That means your aur-helper or updater might not work as expected too.

Again? Someone surely does not like Arch :frowning:

No OS’s is a single target, They are reeking havoc on Ubuntu as well. (Those 2 I know of currently)

Been dealing with DDoS at work for a month. Not fun lol

Thanks for the heads up.
Here’s an article about a DDOS attack on Arch last year:

The article I posted is old, yes, but it has some helpful tips and insights.

Hopefully they learned some lessons because with the right tools DDoS aren’t hard to deal with.

Is it still going? (May 17th 2026)

See the status page. As of right now;

Its been seemingly OK for the last 24 hours or so but it may still be too early to say definitively.

Oh thanks.
Man, I hope the malicious hackers get caught and arrested someday.