bit.ly Having a Bit of Trouble

API responses should now be returning within an appropriate amount of time. A few high-volume users who were rate-limited should see their caps restored throughout the afternoon.

Having trouble shortening URLs with bit.ly? You’re apparently not alone: The company posted a message on the bit.ly Blog indicating that it had been experiencing issues for about one hour, at the time of this posting:

We’re currently experiencing some elevated error rates and increased shorten times when shortening URLs.