User:Tman1319/2021 Roblox outage

Starting at approximately 4 PM PDT on October 28th, 2021, Roblox had a major server outage. The outage has now been ongoing for 47 hours.

Roblox servers began experiencing major platform-wide system disruptions across the website and APIs, leading to website services like the Avatar Editor being unable to load and in-experience performance being very slow. Roblox Studio also began to function improperly due to these issues.

Thursday, October 28

 * 4 pm PST: Outage detected: Major drop in users, mobile players kicked off. Rumors about Chipotle's and Adopt Me's updates being the cause of the shutdown start, suspicion of a DDoS or cyber attack also starts.
 * 5-7 pm PST: User drop continues: Avatars and assets not loading correctly, chat filter shutting down, "Invasion of the Noobs"
 * 8:44 pm PST: status.roblox.com updates, claiming the root cause has been narrowed down.
 * 9 pm-1 am PST: Progress seems to be made: Some regain access to the site, some avatars start to reload, game data loss starts to be reported, in-experience chat bubbles briefly make an appearance before disappearing completely.

Friday, October 29

 * 1-4 am PST: All experience servers are shut down: True full-blown panic and worry begins.
 * 5-6 am PST: The Discover page shuts down and stops showing experiences completely.
 * 7-9 am PST: Some users regain access and manage to load some experiences.
 * 12:48 pm PST: status.roblox.com updates again, reassures that the team is working on getting the site back.
 * 1 pm-Present PST: Site closed off completely. This has went on for over a day now. (24+ hours)