WriteGrader Status

Service	Apr 2	Uptime
Grading & Parsing Engine essay scoring, feedback generation & document parsing	UP	100%
writegrader.com educator dashboard & administration	UP	96.9%
student.writegrader.com student portal & submission interface	UP	100%

Primary API — Outage

Resolved Apr 1, 2026

A misconfigured DNS resolver caused all API requests to fail for approximately 35 minutes.

10:45 AM MDT API began failing. Backend unable to resolve DNS for outbound requests.

11:20 AM MDT DNS configuration restored. API fully operational.

Primary API — Intermittent Request Failures

Resolved Mar 26, 2026

A DNS resolution issue in the backend caused intermittent failures on some API requests for a brief period.

~9:50 AM MDT Outage reported. Backend began failing to resolve DNS for outbound requests.

~10:00 AM MDT Root cause identified and resolved. API fully operational.

Primary API — Degraded Performance

Resolved Mar 18, 2025

A brief degradation in the api may have caused data loading errors for some users

~9:36 AM MDT API started seeing degradation on some outbound requests.

~11:27 AM MDT API fully operational.

Grading Engine — Degraded Performance

Resolved Mar 10, 2025

A brief degradation in the grading engine caused delays and potential failures in essay scoring and feedback generation.

~4:30 PM MST Grading engine began exhibiting elevated error rates. Investigation started.

~4:50 PM MST Grading engine fully recovered.

System Status