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2026-09-15 15:15 UTC

“Fix the Wayback Machine!” We’ve heard you. The Wayback Machine has been dealing with waves of high-volume automated traffic. Mark Graham, director of the Wayback Machine, explains what’s happening and what we’re doing about it. ➡️ https://blog.archive.org/2026/09/15/an-update-on-wayback-machine-access/

Replies (5)

  • @nemo@mas.to 2026-09-15 15:17

    @internetarchive@mastodon.archive.org 🙏 💚 thx

    Open ##5326213

  • @IAmDannyBoling@mstdn.social 2026-09-15 16:09

    @internetarchive@mastodon.archive.org Thanks for the update. It has been frustrating to not be able to get to pages but we're sure you're doing your very best.

    Open ##5326214

  • @5ciFiGirl@indieverse.social 2026-09-15 16:38

    @internetarchive@mastodon.archive.org Too late. A site I use regularly has already blocked the internet archive, because too many AI scrapers were using the archive as a vehicle to scrape sites (which increased the cost of running the site). So now I can no longer archive this site for human purposes, even on special occasions. This has seriously damaged your ability to preserve what is left of the human created web. (As I am sure this is not the only site to respond this way.)

    Open ##5326215

  • @Judeau@mas.to 2026-09-15 16:39

    @internetarchive@mastodon.archive.org I use Wayback quite a bit. Unfortunately, it doesn't play nicely with Proton VPN. Sometimes it works fine and other times it won't load up at all. I assume the VPN appears as bot traffic so, if I find the page not wanting to load then I disable the VPN and it usually works much better but not always. Thank you all for providing the service and doing what you can to keep it running!

    Open ##5326228

  • @pussreboots@sfba.social 2026-09-16 22:34

    @internetarchive@mastodon.archive.org Has the changes to the Wayback machine affected how books are loaned out for reading? I'm currently unable to check out books. :(

    Open ##5326229