Steam is Down? (And No One is Talking About It)

[HandofMe]

Yeah. Steam is down, I guess? https://downdetector.com/status/steam/
That says there's a reported problem. Yet am I the first one to mention it? Of course I couldn't be.

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+1 down for me, Canada

[Jerry]

Steam maintainance. Happens once a week, always at 23:00 GM(S)T on tuesday. Get used to it. :-)

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

In the case of the West Coast, 3PM every Tuesday.

[Phénomènes Mystiques]

Wednesday, 7am in Japan

[Ben Lubar]

How can Steam be down if you posted this on Steam?

[MadBone12]

Routine maintenance. Happens every Tuesday for a short while. It was down for about 10 minutes for me.

[𒀭𒋾𒊩𒆳]

Escrito originalmente por HandofMe:

Yeah. Steam is down, I guess? https://downdetector.com/status/steam/

You would be correct in your guess.

Escrito originalmente por HandofMe:

That says there's a reported problem.

Yes.

Down-Detector relies on multiple independent individuals reporting that a Website-[X] is down, and then if these multiple independent-sources of Individuals' Time-Frames of reporting their common problem of Website-[X] being down, aligns and overlaps, or multiple Individuals echo the same Website-[X] being down, then Down-Detector displays:

"User reports indicate problems at Steam"

...on their own website.

This is called; Aggregate-Data Collection, which they admit to in their Methodology[downdetector.com].

However the problem with this is, there have been certain-cases where Down-Detector said Website-[X] is down, when it in-fact, was not.

This is because:

• Aggregate-Data is weak & inaccurate when trying to account for details,
  
  • ...due to the nature of Variation, when said Data-Set has a lot of complexity-of-detail (Variability) in its divisible parts.
    
    This results in inaccurate generalization of a given property, that is actually just valid with relation to its parts. i.e. Relationship of The Parts vs. The Relationship of The Sum of All The Parts.
    
• Aggregate Data is also weak for Integrity,
  
  • If the initially collected Data-Set has a lot of False & Incorrect Data, Aggregates do not innately account for those incorrigible pieces of Data.
    
    Thus magnifying Incorrect pieces of Data to & inadvertently or even ill-intentionally representing them as Statistically Accurate.
    
• Aggregate-Data is weak & inaccurate when one wants to use it to find congruence over-time in Data-Sets.
  
  • Quite-Literally, nothing is static over-time. This includes large Aggregate sets of Data that may have been accurate once, but no longer is.
    
    The Phenomenae of Entropy in the Universe, i.e., literally prevents anything & everything confined inside Spacetime, from being Static.
    

Escrito originalmente por HandofMe:

Yet am I the first one to mention it? Of course I couldn't be.

You would be correct in assuming you couldn't be.

In-fact, Steam's downtime is so common {https://steamstat.us/} ⟵ this Website, for the past 10-Years, displays at the very top in a blue-ribbon:

"🛠 Steam is down for routine maintenance every Tuesday."

This thus results in a 30~45 Minute downtime.

In exceptional-cases, such as DDoS-Attacks or other similar Critical cases, it may extend to a longer than 30~45 Minute.

[Spawn of Totoro]

Escrito originalmente por HandofMe:

Yeah. Steam is down, I guess? https://downdetector.com/status/steam/
That says there's a reported problem. Yet am I the first one to mention it? Of course I couldn't be.

Here is a better link to use:
https://steamstat.us/

It doesn't require users to report. It actually monitors Steam's services.

On Tuesday (today in the time zone that Valve is in) it even states "Steam is down for routine maintenance every Tuesday."
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Seems I was a second too late.

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Escrito originalmente por Spawn of Totoro:

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Seems I was a second too late.

19-Seconds too-late to be exact.

One can see the exact-Time of a Post or Comment if you hover-over the, "[X-Amount-of-Time] ago", part of a Post or Comment.

Situated to the right-hand side of the Username who made the Post or Comment.

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