GitBook outage: App and published docs unavailable

1. resolvedSep 5, 2026, 19:00 UTC

   The incident is now fully resolved, all services are now up and stable.

2. monitoringSep 5, 2026, 18:56 UTC

   Our database provider is experiencing a partial outage, affecting availability of the GitBook application and published documentation sites. It appears to be mitigated and the GitBook app and published docs are available again. We are continuing to monitor for stability and will confirm resolution once we're confident the issue is fully cleared.

What APIStatus.watch saw

Our 5-minute checks didn't record a change in GitBook's overall status around this incident. Smaller or regional incidents often leave a provider's overall status green.

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