AO3 News

March 2025 Newsletter, Volume 198

Sat, 05 Apr 2025 13:07:32 +0100

ALT
In March’s OTW newsletter, TWC announced the publication of Volume 45 on Sports fandom, and many committees prepared for April’s membership drive. Read all that and more at https://otw-news.org/2en7mme9.

We’ve removed this restriction and images will once again appear in your AO3 work comments!

Thu, 03 Apr 2025 22:15:22 +0100

ao3org:

Unrelated to our previous downtime, we’re seeing a large number of comments from spam bots that include images. We’ve temporarily blocked images from appearing in work comments to help deter the spammers.
Posted: 07:04 UTC December 27, 2024

We’ve removed this restriction and images will once again appear in your AO3 work comments!

Posted: 21:15 UTC April 3, 2025

Latest Change Log

Thu, 03 Apr 2025 20:45:08 +0100

March brought a handful of noteworthy changes to AO3 in addition to the usual assortment of bug fixes and enhancements: we increased the maximum tag length from 100 to 150 characters, expanded the wrangling status options in tag search, and added the ability to have your invitation resent if it didn’t arrive. Then we wrapped up the month with some changes to help combat an increase in spam, including spam checks on new users’ comments and a rate limit on comments from all logged-in users.

→ Releases 0.9.399 - 0.9.403 - Change Log

Latest Change Log

Sat, 29 Mar 2025 16:30:10 +0000

In February, we upgraded Ruby and Rails to their next major versions. In between those large upgrades, we made a variety of small bug and performance fixes all around AO3.

→ Releases 0.9.394 - 0.9.398 - Change Log

Rate limiting for logged-in comments on #AO3 is now in place. If you get a “Retry later” error when…

Mon, 24 Mar 2025 20:54:41 +0000

ao3org:

Comment Rate Limits for Logged-In AO3 Users
In the next few days, #AO3 will begin rate limiting comments from logged-in users to help combat a wave of spam comments: https://otw-news.org/4m69w8dr (We’ll let you know when the change is live!)
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Rate limiting for logged-in comments on #AO3 is now in place. If you get a “Retry later” error when leaving or editing multiple comments over a short period of time, please wait about 15 minutes and try again.

Comment Rate Limits for Logged-In AO3 Users

Sun, 23 Mar 2025 17:07:27 +0000

In the next few days, #AO3 will begin rate limiting comments from logged-in users to help combat a wave of spam comments: https://otw-news.org/4m69w8dr (We’ll let you know when the change is live!)

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The OTW is Recruiting for PAC, Translation, TWC Copyeditor and Strategic Planning Volunteers

Wed, 19 Mar 2025 15:59:36 +0000

transformativeworks:

The OTW is Recruiting for PAC, Translation, TWC Copyeditor and Strategic Planning Volunteers
ALT
Would you like to assist AO3 users by resolving complaints? Are you fluent in a language other than English and passionate about making OTW more accessible? Do you have experience copyediting or proofreading academic journals? Or do you have experience with research methods, problem solving or nonprofit governance? The Organization for Transformative Works is recruiting! Read more at: https://otw-news.org/8p6fjmwj

AO3 should be working normally again, but we’re keeping an eye on the situation just in case.

Wed, 12 Mar 2025 04:20:17 +0000

ao3org:

ao3org:
We’re aware some users are getting errors or experiencing slowness when accessing bookmark pages. We’re looking into the cause.
Posted: 00:34 UTC March 12, 2025
AO3 is experiencing some network instability in addition to the bookmark issues. You can expect to encounter periods of slowness and errors until these issues are resolved. We’ll keep you updated.
Posted: 01:07 UTC March 12, 2025

AO3 should be working normally again, but we’re keeping an eye on the situation just in case.

Posted: 04:20 UTC March 12, 2025

AO3 is experiencing some network instability in addition to the bookmark issues. You can expect to…

Wed, 12 Mar 2025 01:08:24 +0000

ao3org:

We’re aware some users are getting errors or experiencing slowness when accessing bookmark pages. We’re looking into the cause.
Posted: 00:34 UTC March 12, 2025

AO3 is experiencing some network instability in addition to the bookmark issues. You can expect to encounter periods of slowness and errors until these issues are resolved. We’ll keep you updated.

Posted: 01:07 UTC March 12, 2025

We’re aware some users are getting errors or experiencing slowness when accessing bookmark pages….

Wed, 12 Mar 2025 00:34:49 +0000

We’re aware some users are getting errors or experiencing slowness when accessing bookmark pages. We’re looking into the cause.

Posted: 00:34 UTC March 12, 2025

Latest Change Log

Mon, 10 Mar 2025 21:16:07 +0000

At the start of the year, we upgraded our library for managing pseud and collection icons. To follow that large effort, we deployed some smaller fixes and improvements while we worked to address some performance issues due to increased traffic. We also did some preparations for the next big Ruby and Rails upgrades.

→ Releases 0.9.388 - 0.9.393: Change Log

We have applied a fix, so you should be able to browse your #AO3 bookmarks again. We’ll continue to…

Sun, 09 Mar 2025 19:05:21 +0000

ao3org:

We are aware of issues with accessing bookmarks and are investigating. Many apologies, and thank you for being patient with us!
Posted: 18:20 UTC March 9, 2025

We have applied a fix, so you should be able to browse your #AO3 bookmarks again. We’ll continue to keep an eye on the situation!

Posted: 19:05 UTC March 9, 2025

We are aware of issues with accessing bookmarks and are investigating. Many apologies, and thank you…

Sun, 09 Mar 2025 18:20:53 +0000

We are aware of issues with accessing bookmarks and are investigating. Many apologies, and thank you for being patient with us!

Posted: 18:20 UTC March 9, 2025

AO3 is back!

Fri, 07 Mar 2025 11:00:09 +0000

ao3org:

ao3org:
ao3org:
ao3org:
AO3 will be down for 3 hours of maintenance from 09:00-12:00 UTC on Friday, March 7. Check what time that is for you.
Posted: 09:00 UTC March 6, 2025
Reminder! AO3 will be down for 3 hours of maintenance from 09:00-12:00 UTC on Friday, March 7. Check what time that is for you.
Posted: 21:00 UTC March 6, 2025
AO3 will be going down for maintenance in about 1 hour! We expect the maintenance to last about 3 hours, so it might be a good idea to download some works now.
Posted: 08:00 UTC March 7, 2025
AO3 will be down for about 3 hours starting now! We’ll let you know when we’re back.
Posted: 09:00 UTC March 7, 2025

AO3 is back!

Posted: 11:00 UTC March 7, 2025

AO3 will be down for about 3 hours starting now! We’ll let you know when we’re back.

Fri, 07 Mar 2025 09:00:04 +0000

ao3org:

ao3org:
ao3org:
AO3 will be down for 3 hours of maintenance from 09:00-12:00 UTC on Friday, March 7. Check what time that is for you.
Posted: 09:00 UTC March 6, 2025
Reminder! AO3 will be down for 3 hours of maintenance from 09:00-12:00 UTC on Friday, March 7. Check what time that is for you.
Posted: 21:00 UTC March 6, 2025
AO3 will be going down for maintenance in about 1 hour! We expect the maintenance to last about 3 hours, so it might be a good idea to download some works now.
Posted: 08:00 UTC March 7, 2025

AO3 will be down for about 3 hours starting now! We’ll let you know when we’re back.

Posted: 09:00 UTC March 7, 2025

AO3 will be going down for maintenance in about 1 hour! We expect the maintenance to last about 3…

Fri, 07 Mar 2025 08:00:02 +0000

ao3org:

ao3org:
AO3 will be down for 3 hours of maintenance from 09:00-12:00 UTC on Friday, March 7. Check what time that is for you.
Posted: 09:00 UTC March 6, 2025
Reminder! AO3 will be down for 3 hours of maintenance from 09:00-12:00 UTC on Friday, March 7. Check what time that is for you.
Posted: 21:00 UTC March 6, 2025

AO3 will be going down for maintenance in about 1 hour! We expect the maintenance to last about 3 hours, so it might be a good idea to download some works now.

Posted: 08:00 UTC March 7, 2025

Reminder! AO3 will be down for 3 hours of maintenance from 09:00-12:00 UTC on Friday, March 7. Check…

Thu, 06 Mar 2025 21:00:02 +0000

ao3org:

AO3 will be down for 3 hours of maintenance from 09:00-12:00 UTC on Friday, March 7. Check what time that is for you.
Posted: 09:00 UTC March 6, 2025

Reminder! AO3 will be down for 3 hours of maintenance from 09:00-12:00 UTC on Friday, March 7. Check what time that is for you.

Posted: 21:00 UTC March 6, 2025

AO3 will be down for 3 hours of maintenance from 09:00-12:00 UTC on Friday, March 7. Check what time…

Thu, 06 Mar 2025 09:00:07 +0000

AO3 will be down for 3 hours of maintenance from 09:00-12:00 UTC on Friday, March 7. Check what time that is for you.

Posted: 09:00 UTC March 6, 2025

February 2025 Newsletter, Volume 197

Wed, 05 Mar 2025 17:39:54 +0000

transformativeworks:

ALT
In February’s OTW newsletter, the OTW celebrated IFD 2025, TWC announced a new special issue, and AD&T and Systems published information related to recent site slowness on AO3. Read more at https://otw-news.org/2p8bfsfw

Five Things GenreCat Said

Sat, 01 Mar 2025 16:42:03 +0000

transformativeworks:

ALT
In Five Things, GenreCat discusses tips on how to get tickets processed quickly, going through emails labelled spam, and MXTX. Read more at: https://otw-news.org/2p86u2r3