Lobsters API
Lobsters community JSON feed: hottest stories.
Operational
Last checked · response time 61 ms
90-day uptime
Monitoring since · 32 days of data
Past incidents
No incidents reported.
No incidents reported.
- Guardian-measuredResolvedAPI: HTTP 500 · resolved after 10m
No incidents reported.
No incidents reported.
No incidents reported.
No incidents reported.
No incidents reported.
No incidents reported.
No incidents reported.
No incidents reported.
- Guardian-measuredResolvedAPI: Unreachable · resolved after 3m
- Guardian-measuredResolvedAPI: Unreachable · resolved after 4m
No incidents reported.
No incidents reported.
- Availability incidentEndpoint has failed 3 consecutive polls (latest: HTTP 500)
- Guardian-measuredResolvedAPI: HTTP 500 · resolved after 45m
Recent changes
No changes detected in 32 days of monitoring (since 2026-06-11).
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