Is Upwork down?
upwork.com is reachable but answered 403 to our probes. It is probably up and blocking automated or regional traffic — not an outage.
- Website
- upwork.com
- Response time
- 109 ms (median)
- Uptime (24 h)
- 100%
- Last down
- no outage in 90 days
Official status page ↗Report a problemNo problem reports in 24 h
Response time — last 24 checks
Median across 4 regions, one point every 2 minutes. Red markers = round failed.
Last 24 hours
One bar per hour · colour = success rate · height = median response.
Latest check by region
| Region | Result | Response | DNS | TLS expires | Server |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas, US | HTTP 403 | 280 ms | 43 ms | — | cloudflare |
| Washington DC, US | HTTP 403 | 94 ms | 10 ms | — | cloudflare |
| Frankfurt, DE | HTTP 403 | 124 ms | 4 ms | — | cloudflare |
| Singapore, SG | HTTP 403 | 68 ms | 2 ms | — | cloudflare |
Resolves to: 104.18.128.226, 104.18.129.226
Service status history
| Time (UTC) | Regions OK | Response |
|---|---|---|
| 26 Oct 2026 16:02 UTC | 4/4 | 109 ms |
| 26 Oct 2026 16:00 UTC | 4/4 | 109 ms |
| 26 Oct 2026 15:58 UTC | 4/4 | 74 ms |
| 26 Oct 2026 15:56 UTC | 4/4 | 184 ms |
| 26 Oct 2026 15:54 UTC | 4/4 | 81 ms |
| 26 Oct 2026 15:52 UTC | 4/4 | 68 ms |
| 26 Oct 2026 15:50 UTC | 4/4 | 84 ms |
| 26 Oct 2026 15:48 UTC | 4/4 | 70 ms |
| 26 Oct 2026 15:46 UTC | 4/4 | 81 ms |
| 26 Oct 2026 15:44 UTC | 4/4 | 78 ms |
| 26 Oct 2026 15:42 UTC | 4/4 | 138 ms |
| 26 Oct 2026 15:40 UTC | 4/4 | 80 ms |
| Time (UTC) | Regions OK | Response |
|---|---|---|
| 26 Oct 2026 15:39 UTC | 4/4 | 103 ms |
| 26 Oct 2026 15:37 UTC | 4/4 | 91 ms |
| 26 Oct 2026 15:35 UTC | 4/4 | 232 ms |
| 26 Oct 2026 15:33 UTC | 4/4 | 82 ms |
| 26 Oct 2026 15:31 UTC | 4/4 | 118 ms |
| 26 Oct 2026 15:29 UTC | 4/4 | 108 ms |
| 26 Oct 2026 15:27 UTC | 4/4 | 94 ms |
| 26 Oct 2026 15:25 UTC | 4/4 | 106 ms |
| 26 Oct 2026 15:23 UTC | 4/4 | 78 ms |
| 26 Oct 2026 15:21 UTC | 4/4 | 198 ms |
| 26 Oct 2026 15:19 UTC | 4/4 | 100 ms |
| 26 Oct 2026 15:17 UTC | 4/4 | 102 ms |
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What this result means
The server answered HTTP 403 to automated requests from every region. That is a security policy (bot protection or geo-blocking), not an outage — the site is most likely fine in a normal browser.
1 · Browser
- Hard-refresh: Ctrl+F5 (Mac: ⌘+Shift+R).
- Try a private/incognito window — rules out extensions and stale cookies.
- Clear cache & cookies for upwork.com.
2 · DNS
- Flush DNS: Windows
ipconfig /flushdns, macOSsudo dscacheutil -flushcache. - Switch to 1.1.1.1 (Cloudflare) or 8.8.8.8 (Google) DNS.
- Works on mobile data but not Wi-Fi? Your ISP's DNS or filtering is the culprit.
3 · Network
- Disable VPN/proxy, or turn one on if your region blocks the site.
- Check firewall, antivirus web-shield and parental controls.
- Restart your router; ask a friend elsewhere to open this page.
More in Job
Outages happening right now
Verdict rule: DOWN when most regions fail, DEGRADED when some fail or the median exceeds 3 s, RESTRICTED when the site answers 401/403/429 to our probes. Checks come from Dallas, Washington DC, Frankfurt and Singapore. Share: https://isitdownorme.com/upwork