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Is Adorable Avatars (api.adorable.io) down?
FAILING right now — answering HTTP 200 to plain requests: the API is gone — avatar URLs redirect to an unrelated web-design agency site that now owns the domain.
Last checked 2026-09-12T18:00:31Z · checked every hour · OK-rate 24h: 0% · 7d: 0% · raw JSON · Atom feed of its down/recovered events
Failing streak began 2026-09-01T16:30:33Z or earlier (11 days — dead, not a blip) · last successful check: none in the last 7 days
Context: Dead: the once-popular initials/face API shut down (2019-2020); the domain now hosts an unrelated web-design agency, and every api.adorable.io/avatars/... URL from old tutorials 301-redirects there.
What we check: GET https://api.adorable.io/avatars/150/test.png — a plain, keyless request from Cloudflare's network with an honest bot UA, exactly what a tutorial curl or an <img> tag experiences. OK = HTTP 2xx/3xx within 8s. No retries, no cookies, no API keys.
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Recent checks
| Checked at (UTC) | Result | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-12T18:00:31Z | HTTP 200 the API is gone — avatar URLs redirect to an unrelated web-design agency site that now owns the domain | 352 ms |
| 2026-09-12T18:00:27Z | HTTP 200 the API is gone — avatar URLs redirect to an unrelated web-design agency site that now owns the domain | 1005 ms |
| 2026-09-12T17:00:44Z | HTTP 200 the API is gone — avatar URLs redirect to an unrelated web-design agency site that now owns the domain | 565 ms |
| 2026-09-12T17:00:25Z | HTTP 200 the API is gone — avatar URLs redirect to an unrelated web-design agency site that now owns the domain | 332 ms |
| 2026-09-12T16:00:26Z | HTTP 200 the API is gone — avatar URLs redirect to an unrelated web-design agency site that now owns the domain | 368 ms |
| 2026-09-12T16:00:26Z | HTTP 200 the API is gone — avatar URLs redirect to an unrelated web-design agency site that now owns the domain | 213 ms |
| 2026-09-12T15:00:33Z | HTTP 200 the API is gone — avatar URLs redirect to an unrelated web-design agency site that now owns the domain | 85 ms |
| 2026-09-12T15:00:25Z | HTTP 200 the API is gone — avatar URLs redirect to an unrelated web-design agency site that now owns the domain | 396 ms |
| 2026-09-12T14:00:30Z | HTTP 200 the API is gone — avatar URLs redirect to an unrelated web-design agency site that now owns the domain | 235 ms |
| 2026-09-12T14:00:27Z | HTTP 200 the API is gone — avatar URLs redirect to an unrelated web-design agency site that now owns the domain | 470 ms |
| 2026-09-12T13:00:28Z | HTTP 200 the API is gone — avatar URLs redirect to an unrelated web-design agency site that now owns the domain | 116 ms |
| 2026-09-12T13:00:26Z | HTTP 200 the API is gone — avatar URLs redirect to an unrelated web-design agency site that now owns the domain | 70 ms |
| 2026-09-12T12:00:27Z | HTTP 200 the API is gone — avatar URLs redirect to an unrelated web-design agency site that now owns the domain | 94 ms |
| 2026-09-12T12:00:26Z | HTTP 200 the API is gone — avatar URLs redirect to an unrelated web-design agency site that now owns the domain | 330 ms |
| 2026-09-12T11:00:24Z | HTTP 200 the API is gone — avatar URLs redirect to an unrelated web-design agency site that now owns the domain | 916 ms |
| 2026-09-12T11:00:14Z | HTTP 200 the API is gone — avatar URLs redirect to an unrelated web-design agency site that now owns the domain | 74 ms |
| 2026-09-12T10:00:32Z | HTTP 200 the API is gone — avatar URLs redirect to an unrelated web-design agency site that now owns the domain | 81 ms |
| 2026-09-12T10:00:24Z | HTTP 200 the API is gone — avatar URLs redirect to an unrelated web-design agency site that now owns the domain | 927 ms |
| 2026-09-12T09:00:23Z | HTTP 200 the API is gone — avatar URLs redirect to an unrelated web-design agency site that now owns the domain | 817 ms |
| 2026-09-12T09:00:22Z | HTTP 200 the API is gone — avatar URLs redirect to an unrelated web-design agency site that now owns the domain | 115 ms |
| 2026-09-12T08:00:23Z | HTTP 200 the API is gone — avatar URLs redirect to an unrelated web-design agency site that now owns the domain | 909 ms |
| 2026-09-12T08:00:10Z | HTTP 200 the API is gone — avatar URLs redirect to an unrelated web-design agency site that now owns the domain | 140 ms |
| 2026-09-12T07:00:24Z | HTTP 200 the API is gone — avatar URLs redirect to an unrelated web-design agency site that now owns the domain | 981 ms |
| 2026-09-12T07:00:16Z | HTTP 200 the API is gone — avatar URLs redirect to an unrelated web-design agency site that now owns the domain | 81 ms |
| 2026-09-12T06:00:23Z | HTTP 200 the API is gone — avatar URLs redirect to an unrelated web-design agency site that now owns the domain | 959 ms |
| 2026-09-12T06:00:22Z | HTTP 200 the API is gone — avatar URLs redirect to an unrelated web-design agency site that now owns the domain | 68 ms |
| 2026-09-12T05:00:25Z | HTTP 200 the API is gone — avatar URLs redirect to an unrelated web-design agency site that now owns the domain | 88 ms |
| 2026-09-12T05:00:23Z | HTTP 200 the API is gone — avatar URLs redirect to an unrelated web-design agency site that now owns the domain | 940 ms |
| 2026-09-12T04:00:23Z | HTTP 200 the API is gone — avatar URLs redirect to an unrelated web-design agency site that now owns the domain | 1076 ms |
| 2026-09-12T04:00:06Z | HTTP 200 the API is gone — avatar URLs redirect to an unrelated web-design agency site that now owns the domain | 77 ms |
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