Is DigitalOcean down?

Updated 11 October 2026

Short answer

Check DigitalOcean's status page for incidents in your region first. If DigitalOcean is fine, the problem is your Droplet (your server): it's out of memory or disk, a service stopped, or a firewall rule changed. If you can't SSH in, use the Recovery Console from the DigitalOcean control panel, which works even when the Droplet has lost network access or SSH has failed.

What's the problem

Your site on DigitalOcean won't load, SSH times out, or the control panel shows the Droplet as off or unresponsive.

Why it happens

  • A DigitalOcean incident in your region.
  • Out of memory: the system killed your app or database. See out of memory.
  • Disk full. See disk full.
  • A stopped service: the web server or app didn't restart after a reboot.
  • A firewall change (DigitalOcean Cloud Firewall or the server's own) blocking ports 80, 443 or 22.
  • The Droplet is powered off, or the account has a billing hold.

How to fix it

  1. Check DigitalOcean's status page.
  2. Check the Droplet's graphs in the control panel for CPU, memory and disk around the time it failed.
  3. Get in: SSH if possible; otherwise use the Recovery Console.
  4. Check services (web server, app, database) are running, and free memory and disk space.
  5. Check firewall rules still allow web traffic.
  6. Power cycle the Droplet from the control panel as a last resort.

What Preventionlabs checks

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Sources

  1. DigitalOcean: DigitalOcean Statusstatus pageGet email notifications whenever DigitalOcean creates , updates or resolves an incident.
  2. DigitalOcean: How to Connect to Droplets with the Droplet Consoleofficial docsThe Recovery Console is available even if a Droplet has lost network access or the sshd process has failed

Related

Server not responding Nothing answered: the server is off, overloaded, out of memory or disk, or a firewall is blocking it. Check it's running, then its resources, then the network. Out of memory: process killed The server ran out of memory and Linux killed a process to survive, often your app or database. Confirm it in the system log, then find what used the memory. Disk full With no disk space left, databases stop, logs can't be written and uploads fail. Find what filled it (usually logs, backups or cache) and clear it safely. Server crash Find out what crashed (the whole machine, or just your app or database), then read the logs from just before. Most crashes are memory, disk, or a code change.

Preventionlabs is independent and not affiliated with DigitalOcean. Product names are used only to describe the problem.

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