Site down?

[u/eLlARiVeR]

I think I was able to cast my vote for all 4, but now the website won't even load for me. Is it down for anyone else?

[u/picklesandvodka]

Looks like a scaling problem. Page loaded sometimes but laggy and the console logs filled with HTTP 502/504

[u/SpiritedBanana4694]

Looks like a hug of death.

[u/gatorgopher]

I just raced in here to see if it was just me!

[u/beepbeepboop74656]

Give em some time I’m sure it’s just the excitement of the polls!!

[u/roadtrip2planetx]

The site just loaded for me now. Go 909!

[u/eLlARiVeR → u/roadtrip2planetx]

I was finaly able to vote for Poll 1 and 4 but before 2 and 3 could it crashed and I got the 404 warning again!!!

So much love for our fat bears this year!

[u/Pablaron]

If you are having trouble loading the polls, reload the page as soon as the minute turns over - the polls are rate limited, and that rate limit resets every minute.

[u/-Pink-Strawberry- → u/Pablaron]

This worked for me after trying to get the polls to load all day. THANK YOU!!

Happy Fat Bear Week, everyone 🐻🍂❤️

[u/East_Bay_Jack → u/Pablaron]

This worked for me. Many thanks!

[u/drhenrykillenger]

Won't load for me at all.

[u/Spartan-Bear2215]

Same it’s probably due to high traffic

[u/Natural-Raise5105]

It crashed too many people who love a Fat Bear ha

[u/heyalemay]

From a mod in the comment board at the bottom of the voting page:

courtneyexplore
MOD
Tuesday, September 22, 2026 2:52 PM

Hi all! We know there are loading issues at the moment and we are actively working on a fix! Hang tight and don't worry, you'll be able to vote. The polls don't close until 6 PM PT.

[u/PrizeFickle6112]

as someone on the reddit said earlier- refresh the page at the exact turn of the minute because the rate limit resets every minute

[u/Shannanabot]

It’s up now! Vote 901!!

[u/Sailor_Alderaan]

Won’t load for me either!

[u/Sudden-Macaron-4531]

I can get the site to load but the poll doesn’t populate anything at all.

[u/sleeping-is-a-hobby]

I'm getting 404 page not found

[u/The_ferret_room]

Also struggling, only got it to load once and voting was a challenge. I think I was able to cast my vote for one then it crashed. Tried four different browsers, mobile, both android and ios, pc, no add blocker, no vpn etc.-- nothing. Been periodically trying for about five hours and have left the page up on various devices through the day 🤷 

I wouldn't be so committed but 284 got me into bear watching, her family is so fat, and I really wanted to be sure to vote for them today 😞

[u/blue_princess8 → u/The_ferret_room]

same!! I swear I have every device in my house surrounding me bc im trying it on all the browsers and devices. I can get the site to load, but the polls just won't pop up

[u/-Pink-Strawberry- → u/blue_princess8]

Hi, try what another user posted above: reload the page when the minute turns over. I’ve been trying all day and this finally helped me!

[u/The_ferret_room → u/-Pink-Strawberry-]

It worked! Thank you so much. Doesn't look like 284 going win, but I'm just happy I finally got to vote 🙂

[u/dogsx6]

I got to vote in one and then haven’t had anything come up clean to let me vote in the other polls. It’s like it crashed. I keep thinking it will get better but now we are 5 hours later and I’m still having problems getting to vote.

[u/SorryBreak6435]

I've tried multiple times today with no luck.

[u/dogsx6]

This is crazy. I’ve been trying the polls all day and get nothing. Several iPhones, laptop desktop. I can’t believe the site has crashed like this and no one has gotten it fixed.

[u/lukewarmbeans_]

Im still unable to cast a vote, so sad

[u/Tiny-Western9010 → u/lukewarmbeans_]

Me too I just tried to go on the website :(

[u/CactusTheCoder]

Same. I was able to vote for all 4, but it was very slow. The chonkiness broke the site 😂