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title: "Website Outage Checker | Free Surface Scan | Pixeldust"
description: "Run a free surface-level website outage scan. Check public DNS, HTTPS, server responses, returned page code, and sampled resources to see the most likely cause."
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# Website Outage Checker | Free Surface Scan | Pixeldust

> Run a free surface-level website outage scan. Check public DNS, HTTPS, server responses, returned page code, and sampled resources to see the most likely cause.

## Source

- [Open the canonical human-readable page](https://pixeldust.net/outage-check)
- [Browse the Pixeldust knowledge index](https://pixeldust.net/okf/index.md)

## Page content

Pixeldust incident desk

# Why is your website down?

Run a free public scan to see the most likely cause. We inspect DNS, HTTPS, server responses, returned page code, and sampled resources—then show what we actually observed.

Surface scan, not a final diagnosis. A free expert review is still needed to confirm the cause and fix it safely.

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Public scan in progress

## Resolving the domain

Checking whether the hostname points to a public web server.

Surface scan complete

## Website outage report

Check another site

Public status Reviewing response
Surface-level conclusion
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We rank probable causes from the evidence available publicly. The top result is not a confirmed root cause until the site and hosting environment are reviewed.

Failure path
### Where the request succeeded—and where it broke

Each layer uses observed or measured public evidence.

Ranked assessment
### Most likely causes

Likelihood is based on the strength of the public evidence, not access to private logs.

Measured
### Scan telemetry
LIVE

Evidence
### What the scanner knows
PUBLIC
Observed Measured

What this scan cannot see

Free expert review
### Confirm the cause before changing the patient.

We will review the failure, request only the access actually needed, confirm what broke, and explain the safest repair path before billable work begins.

[Request a free outage review →](https://pixeldust.net/inquiry?service=free-outage-review) [Call Us (979) 379-2210](tel:+19793792210)

Useful first evidence

## Five public layers. One honest limitation.

The scanner can narrow the problem quickly, but it cannot see the private systems where the root cause often lives.

01
### DNS

Does the domain resolve to a public address?

02
### HTTPS

Can a secure connection and redirect path complete?

03
### Server

What status, timing, and infrastructure headers return?

04
### Page code

Does the public response contain a recognizable failure signature?

05
### Resources

Are sampled scripts, styles, and images available?

Why the review matters

## A symptom is not a root cause.

A 503 can come from an application crash, overloaded hosting, maintenance mode, a failed deployment, or the CDN giving up on the origin. Public evidence can rank those possibilities. Logs and access confirm which one actually happened.

The free review bridges that gap. We diagnose first, then recommend the smallest responsible fix.

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