Is Midjourney Down?

Quickest ways to check the current status of midjourney.com plus recent known issues and working alternatives if it's out.

Last editorial review: 2026-06-10

How to check right now

Step 1 -- Load the site
Open midjourney.com→

The simplest check. If it loads and you can log in, the tool is up for you.

Step 2 -- Crowdsourced reports
DownDetector: Midjourney→

User-reported outages aggregated across regions. Good signal for partial or regional outages.

Step 3 -- Live social
Search X for “Midjourneydown” →

Live tweets from other users. Fastest signal for a fresh outage -- often beats status pages by 10-20 minutes.

Step 4 -- Official status page
Find Midjourney's status page →

Most vendors publish a status page at status.[domain] or on Statuspage.io. Google-search to find the current URL.

Known issues we've tracked

WEB UPDATE (2026-05-27, vendor changelog 'Web Updates 5'): conversational/voice sessions gained **Image Prompts and Style References** plus sidebar settings and recent-jobs access; Image Prompts now work from the tray/sidebar; tray images persist across voice submissions; new **'Rerun as HD' button upgrades V8.1 standard-res images** in one click; folder hidden-item counts and mobile settings cleanup. NOTE: 'V8.2 imminent' claims circulate in aggregators but the vendor changelog's newest version entries remain V8.1 Updates (4/30) and V8.1 Alpha (4/14) -- no V8.2 exists yet
2026-05-27•Midjourney updates (updates.midjourney.com/web-updates-5/)
Midjourney V8.1 Alpha opened on 2026-04-14 at alpha.midjourney.com -- default HD/2K output, roughly 3x faster than V8, meaningfully better prompt adherence. Currently alpha-only access so stability varies; worth testing alongside your V8 workflows before fully migrating
2026-04•Midjourney docs (docs.midjourney.com/hc/en-us/articles/32199405667853-Version)
Hands and text in images still inconsistent, though improved in v6
2026-03•Reddit r/midjourney
Discord bot occasionally slow during peak hours
2026-02•Midjourney community forum

Issues here are sourced from our editorial sweeps, not real-time telemetry. Newer issues may exist.

What to use if Midjourney is down

Top AIToolTier-ranked alternatives in the same category, ordered by our overall score.

A

Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image)

8.9

Google's Gemini 3.1 Flash Image model -- the best-in-class text-in-image renderer, now the default across the Gemini app

A

Leonardo AI

8.3

Versatile AI image generator with fine-tuned models and a generous free tier

A

Stable Diffusion

8.0

Open-source AI image generation with unlimited free local use and full customization

B

Ideogram

7.8

AI image generator that nails text rendering -- Ideogram 4.0 (June 3 2026) goes OPEN-WEIGHT with commercial license: 9.3B DiT, 0.97 X-Omni OCR, layout control, 2K photoreal. Plus Custom Models for brand-trained generation on Pro+ plans

B

Flux (FLUX.2 [klein])

7.8

Black Forest Labs open-source image model -- FLUX.2 [klein] (Jan 15 2026) is the fastest image model to date at sub-0.5s generation, 4MP coherence, multi-reference, and native editing. 4B + 9B open-core variants

About Midjourney

Tier B (7.8/10). Industry-leading AI image generation with stunning artistic quality. V8.1 Alpha (2026-04-14, alpha.midjourney.com) brings default HD/2K output at ~3x V8 speed with improved prompt adherence

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