Update - This month we are receiving reports of Adopt-a-Pet having issues uploading new photos. Adopt-a-Pet is aware of an intermittent issue where some photos are not updating on their site through auto-upload across software platforms. They have shared that this is a high-priority item for them, and are working to resolve it as quickly as possible.
Aug 28, 2026 - 09:36 EDT
Identified - The Adopt-a-Pet website is experiencing longer than expected delays in updating animal records from our exported data. Some sites are showing a 48 hour or more delay. We will update this incident when we have more information to share on the topic.
Oct 14, 2024 - 11:44 EDT
Investigating - Petfinder has reported long delays in processing animal data on their system. This issue was reported by Petfinder back on 02/2024 and is ongoing. This is occurring on Petfinder's system, and RescueGroups.org cannot fix the issue through action on our end. You can always check on Petfinder system status on their site here:

Here's the specific service incident for this issue:
https://help.petfinder.com/s/article/Auto-Import-Issue-02-2024

Aug 30, 2024 - 09:22 EDT
RescueGroups.org website Operational
API v2 Operational
Voicemail service Operational
Support Website / system Operational
Exports to Petfinder Operational
Exports to Adopt-a-Pet.com Degraded Performance
Adoptable pet downloads via FTP Operational
FTP Accounts Operational
RescueGroups.org Imports Operational
Test environment Operational
API v5 Operational
API exports Operational
Operational
Degraded Performance
Partial Outage
Major Outage
Maintenance
Major outage
Partial outage
No downtime recorded on this day.
No data exists for this day.
had a major outage.
had a partial outage.

Sep 16, 2026

No incidents reported today.

Sep 15, 2026

No incidents reported.

Sep 14, 2026

No incidents reported.

Sep 13, 2026

No incidents reported.

Sep 12, 2026

No incidents reported.

Sep 11, 2026

No incidents reported.

Sep 10, 2026

No incidents reported.

Sep 9, 2026

No incidents reported.

Sep 8, 2026

Resolved - This incident has been resolved.
Sep 8, 10:52 EDT
Monitoring - Our team has been working hard to address this situation. While it has been resolved at this time, we are still implementing some improvements related to the issue to improve our services in the future.
Jul 6, 09:44 EDT
Investigating - We are currently investigating this issue.
Jul 1, 15:07 EDT
Resolved - Our system issues experienced over the last week have been addressed and our import processes are running normally at this time. Imported animal images and data should now be loaded as expected in your RescueGroups.org accounts.
Sep 8, 10:52 EDT
Investigating - RescueGroups.org Import Accounts are experiencing delays processing files and images. Our team is investigating the issue and will provide an update shortly.
Sep 4, 08:52 EDT

Sep 7, 2026

No incidents reported.

Sep 6, 2026

No incidents reported.

Sep 5, 2026

No incidents reported.

Sep 4, 2026

Sep 3, 2026

No incidents reported.

Sep 2, 2026

No incidents reported.