Is ProtonVPN down right now?
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No, ProtonVPN is working normally
No user reports in the last hour.
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Is ProtonVPN working for you?
Last 30 days: 3 problem reports
Official status
Operational
Website check
Normal, 714 ms
Reddit mentions
Normal
User reports
None in 24h
Confidence
High
4 of 4 sources agree
User reports, last 24 hours
Per hour, your local time
No user reports in the last 24 hours.
Most reported problems · last 30 days
- Total outage2
- Other1
Too few reports for a reliable breakdown
Recent reports
- Naaldwijk, NetherlandsOtherOct 25, 09:19 AM
- GermanyTotal outageOct 11, 11:07 AM
- GermanyTotal outageOct 4, 02:14 PM
Not working for you?
- 1Check the ProtonVPN status page at https://status.proton.me for known outages
- 2Force-close and reopen the ProtonVPN app, then try again
- 3Clear app cache (Android: Settings → Apps) or browser cookies and reload
- 4Visit ProtonVPN support at https://protonvpn.com/support
Where users report problems
Last 30 days- Germany2
- Netherlands1
ProtonVPN outage history
protonvpn.com reachability from our checks, by day
99.98%
reachable, 91 days
411 ms
average response from our US server
Major ProtonVPN outages since 2023
Proton VPN hit by Frankfurt data center failureabout 2 hours · Global
Proton's status page listed Proton VPN servers, streaming and apps alongside Proton Mail, Calendar and Drive in a global outage, later downgraded to a partial outage for VPN. Proton traced it to a cooling failure in its Frankfurt data center and restored most services in about an hour and a half.
Cooling failure in Proton's Frankfurt data center after the operator replaced air filters on both redundant compressors without notice
Source: proton.me, isdown.app
Proton VPN login failures block connectionsabout 3 hours · Global
A share of Proton VPN users could not connect to free, paid and Secure Core servers because new sessions failed to authenticate. Proton rolled back the faulty settings to restore service.
Incorrectly applied configuration change during an authentication policy update
Source: status.proton.me
Proton services including Proton VPN go downseveral hours · Global
Proton Mail, Proton VPN, Calendar, Drive, Pass and Wallet were disrupted for users worldwide starting around 10 AM ET. Most services were restored within hours, while Mail and Calendar issues lasted longer.
Intermittent network issues, according to Proton
Source: cybersecuritynews.com
Incidents on ProtonVPN's status page
- Partial System OutageResolved · 3h 5m
- Partial System OutageResolved · 2h 45m
About ProtonVPN
Proton VPN is a VPN service from Proton AG in Switzerland, the company behind Proton Mail, with open-source apps for Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS and Android TV, browser extensions and a free plan. Free servers, paid servers, Secure Core servers, streaming and the apps can fail separately. Proton's official status page, status.proton.me, tracks each of these and posts scheduled server maintenance.
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