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Craigslist website request errors

This graph shows Craigslist errors and response times for the website over the past day. Website status and slowness is related to downtime for Craigslist and errors for their site.

Craigslist outage report graph

This chart above shows Craigslist error reports submitted in the past 24 hours (one day) compared to the recent average over similar days. The status of Craigslist is marked as "down" when the number of reported errors is significantly higher than the average errors.

More about Craigslist service

Craigslist is an American classified advertisements website with sections devoted to jobs, housing, for sale, items wanted, services, community service, gigs, résumés, and discussion forums. Craig Newmark began the service in 1995 as an email distribution list to friends, featuring local events in the San Francisco Bay Area. It became a web-based service in 1996 and expanded into other classified categories. It started expanding to other U.S. and Canadian cities in 2000, and now covers 70 countries. In March 2008, Spanish, French, Italian, German, and Portuguese became the first non-English languages Craigslist supported. As of August 9, 2012, over 700 cities and areas in 70 countries had Craigslist sites.

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What should I do if Craigslist is unavailable?

If Craigslist is UP but you can't load the page, here are some helpful troubleshooting steps:

Refresh

Try refreshing your browser page or close any accompanying applications and retry opening them.

Check if access to Craigslist is blocked

Access to Craigslist may be blocked due to an antivirus or firewall configuration either on your own computer or phone or by an employer or network. Check for anti-virus programs or firewalls installed on your machine. Alternatively, try to use the website or app via another network like one on a mobile phone so you can access Craigslist.

Clear browser cache and cookies

Try clearing your browser cache and cookies and change the IP address of the computer by disconnecting and reconnecting the internet. Then try to access Craigslist again.

DNS Cache

To clear the DNS cache on your computer, look up instructions for your specific operating system online. Then try to access the Craigslist site again.

Web Browser Plugins

If you are still having trouble accessing Craigslist, you may try to disable web browser plugins (like ad-blockers) which may be interfering with access to Craigslist