{
  "id": 405286,
  "title": "Letterboxd is down, company says its working on a fix",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/09/letterboxd-is-down-company-says-its-working-on-a-fix",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-08-09T18:44:56.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Mashable",
    "slug": "mashable",
    "url": "https://mashable.com/life/letterboxd-down-company-seeking-fix-soon"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Letterboxd, the popular film-tracking app, experienced a widespread outage on Sunday, forcing many users to be patient while its developers worked to restore service. According to the outage tracker Downdetector, 54 percent of reported problems involved logging in, with another 39 percent of users encountering issues within the app itself. Website issues accounted for only 4 percent of the complaints.\n\nThe company acknowledged the outage in multiple posts, assuring followers that its team was aware of the problem and committed to resolving it as quickly as possible. In a follow-up update, Letterboxd reiterated its dedication to fixing the issue, thanking users for their patience. The latest update was posted at 12:02 p.m. CT, but there was no information about the root cause or estimated time for a full recovery.",
  "summary": "Letterboxd is down for many users Sunday; the company says it's working to fix login and app issues as they arise.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}