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Heroku
Heroku is a Salesforce-owned cloud platform where developers deploy and scale web applications in multiple languages without managing infrastructure.
What is Heroku?
Is Heroku down? Heroku is a cloud platform-as-a-service (PaaS) that enables developers to deploy, manage, and scale applications without managing infrastructure. Founded in 2007 and acquired by Salesforce in 2010, Heroku was one of the first PaaS platforms and played a foundational role in popularizing cloud-native deployment for web applications. It supports Node.js, Ruby, Python, Java, PHP, Go, and many other language runtimes via a buildpack system.
Heroku hosts thousands of production applications, ranging from side projects to established SaaS products. Its container-based "dyno" model abstracts away server management, making it popular for developers who want to focus on code rather than infrastructure. Heroku also provides managed PostgreSQL, Redis, and other add-on services that applications depend on for data storage.
Heroku is down or not working — users commonly report dynos failing to respond (H10, H12, H13 errors), deployments failing on the git push step, Heroku Postgres returning connection errors, or the Heroku Dashboard becoming inaccessible. In 2022 Heroku discontinued its free tier, shifting its user base to paid plans — but the platform has continued to serve as the backbone for many applications despite increased competition from newer PaaS alternatives.
If Heroku is down, Outage.gg tracks Heroku server status and outage history in real time. If your Heroku-hosted application is returning errors or your deployments are failing, check the live status page to assess the scope of any incident and get notified when the platform recovers.
Common Heroku Problems
Issues users most frequently report when Heroku is having problems.
Service unavailability
API calls are failing, dashboards are unreachable, or the service is returning 5xx errors.
Slow performance / high latency
Response times are significantly above normal, causing timeouts and degraded user experience.
Authentication failures
API keys, OAuth tokens, or SSO logins are being rejected unexpectedly.
Data sync & storage issues
Files, databases, or synced data are not updating, missing, or inaccessible.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about Heroku outages and server status.
You can check the live Heroku server status at outage.gg/services/heroku. The page shows real-time community-submitted outage reports, an hourly trend chart, and the current health status.
Heroku can stop working for a number of reasons including scheduled maintenance windows, unexpected server failures, network infrastructure problems, or DDoS attacks. Check the live status page on Outage.gg for the latest community reports to see if others are experiencing the same issue.
Go to outage.gg/services/heroku and click the "Report an Issue" button. Your report is counted immediately and helps confirm whether a problem is widespread. Reports from multiple users trigger a status change visible to everyone watching the page.
Click the "Notify Me" bell button on the Heroku status page at outage.gg/services/heroku. Create a free account and we will send you an email the moment Heroku comes back online — no app download required.
Many services maintain official status pages with planned maintenance notices. Outage.gg aggregates real-time community-reported outages which often surface faster than official channels.
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