Users face frustrating connection errors

Users are experiencing significant difficulty accessing Reddit as there have been reports of outages on platforms such as Down Detector since this morning. By 7 a.m., nearly 2,000 complaints had been received indicating a serious operational disruption.

Users are experiencing significant difficulty accessing Reddit as there have been reports of outages on platforms such as Down Detector since this morning. By 7 a.m., nearly 2,000 complaints had been received indicating a serious operational disruption.

Error messages indicate serious problems

Instead of the usual downtime, many users are greeted with an alarming error message: “Upstream connection failure or disconnect/reset before headers.” Reason for reset: Connection failure.” This suggests that the connection between various services within the Reddit system is down or ended unexpectedly.

According to technical sources, this error is common in distributed systems, especially those built with Spring Boot applications in Java 11. It's common in microservices architectures or reverse proxy situations, highlighting the complexity of Reddit's infrastructure.

User reactions on social media

Frustrated users took to competing social media platforms to voice their concerns. One user noted: “Reddit subforums disabled for others?” I can see the homepage http://reddit.com but I get weird error messages everywhere.” Another added: “Is Reddit just broken or something?” I tried “To look up something obscure and tried clicking on about four Reddit post links and they all led me to a strange error – now how am I supposed to find answers to my strangely specific technical problems?”

Global access issues confirmed

Users around the world are reportedly unable to access Reddit through either desktop or mobile apps. The platform is currently displaying error messages such as “No healthy upstream” and the connection error warnings mentioned above. Interestingly, despite ongoing accessibility issues, Reddit's status page states “all systems operational.”

This is not the first time Reddit has encountered such problems. Similar outages occurred in September and August, both of which were quickly resolved, with the company describing the situations as “degraded performance for Reddit.” Now users are eagerly waiting for an official statement on the current topics.

(Includes input from online sources)

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