<p>Yes, it looks like it is.</p>
<pre><code>$ curl https://explorer.cardano.org/graphql
&lt;html&gt;
&lt;head&gt;&lt;title&gt;502 Bad Gateway&lt;/title&gt;&lt;/head&gt;
&lt;body&gt;
&lt;center&gt;&lt;h1&gt;502 Bad Gateway&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;/center&gt;
&lt;hr&gt;&lt;center&gt;nginx&lt;/center&gt;
&lt;/body&gt;
&lt;/html&gt;
</code></pre>
<p>You might want to use an alternative explorer, such as <a href="https://cexplorer.io/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">cexplorer.io</a>.</p>

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2023-01-17T09:46:12.237Z
Thanks for the answer, do you know why it is down or when will it be up again ?
Makubu
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2023-01-17T10:56:07.957Z
Not sure, but I have pinged IOG to see.
Marek Mahut - StakeNuts
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2023-01-18T10:59:24.913Z
Thanks, where have you reached them ?
Makubu
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2023-01-18T11:56:33.803Z
The best place is the IOG discord technical chat.
Marek Mahut - StakeNuts
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2023-01-16T13:48:25.947Z
Marek Mahut - StakeNuts
<p>I was wondering if explorer.cardano.org was down.</p>
<p>The explorer page keeps displaying a charging icon.</p>
<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/kc49o.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/kc49o.png" alt="cardano explorer charging page" /></a></p>

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Is explorer.cardano.org down?
# Is explorer.cardano.org down?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2023-01-16)

I was wondering if explorer.cardano.org was down.

The explorer page keeps displaying a charging icon.

[![cardano explorer charging page](https://i.sstatic.net/kc49o.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/kc49o.png)

**Tags:** blockchain-explorer

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2023-01-16. Score: 1 | Accepted answer

Yes, it looks like it is.
$ curl https://explorer.cardano.org/graphql

502 Bad Gateway

502 Bad Gateway
nginx



You might want to use an alternative explorer, such as cexplorer.io.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Thanks for the answer, do you know why it is down or when will it be up again ?  
> **username_1**: Not sure, but I have pinged IOG to see.  
> **username_0**: Thanks, where have you reached them ?  
> **username_1**: The best place is the IOG discord technical chat.  

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