# Archive of Our Own could be offline for up to four weeks

TechCrunch reports that fan fiction site Archive of Our Own may remain offline for as long as four weeks after an outage. The platform is a major hub for fan writing, so prolonged downtime could affect millions of users and creators.

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### Technology
- [TechCrunch](https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/29/fan-fiction-site-archive-of-our-own-could-be-offline-for-up-to-4-weeks/) — Thu, 29 Oct 2026 20:43:56 +0000