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Response Time History
Recent Activity (7 days)
Response time has been trending slower lately — 417ms on average now, versus 341ms earlier in the week.
- Went from down to upAug 22, 2026, 8:02 PM
- Went from up to downAug 22, 2026, 7:52 PM
- Went from down to upAug 22, 2026, 7:42 PM
- Went from up to downAug 22, 2026, 7:32 PM
About Buttondown
- Website
- buttondown.com
- Category
- Monitored from
- EU (Helsinki, Frankfurt, Amsterdam)
- Check interval
- Every 5 minutes
- Monitoring since
- March 30, 2026 (148 days, 6,075 checks)
How we measure this: checks run from EU servers only, so a result here reflects what the EU sees, not a global view. A regional outage, CDN edge-cache issue, or bot/WAF protection that treats our monitoring probe differently than a real visitor can all cause this to disagree with Buttondown's own status page — that's a limitation of any third-party checker, not just this one.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Buttondown down right now?
Buttondown is currently up and running. Our last check from EU servers showed a response time of 328ms with 99.93% uptime over the past 148 days.
What is Buttondown's uptime?
Buttondown has a 99.93% uptime measured over 148 days, based on 6,075 checks from Vartio's EU monitoring servers located in Helsinki, Frankfurt, and Amsterdam.
How do I check if Buttondown is down?
Vartio monitors Buttondown every 5 minutes from multiple EU servers and runs a live check when you visit this page. This page shows the current status, response time, and uptime history. You can also monitor your own services for free.
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