Current guidance
If you are seeing reloads or connection errors, wait a minute and refresh. Active games may reconnect automatically if the game server is still running.
ChessTalk Status
Service status and maintenance
If games are stuck connecting, profile data is stale, or history does not load, we may be restarting infrastructure or waiting on MongoDB, Railway, Clerk, or Deepgram to recover.
What can be affected
Multiplayer pairing, invite links, voice transcription, ratings, leaderboard, game history, and replay pages depend on external services.
Quick checks
- Refresh the page after a short wait.
- Try a bot game to confirm the game server is reachable.
- Use typed moves if voice transcription is unavailable.
- Check back here if a maintenance window is announced.