# USPS package tracking is down? **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usps-package-tracking-is-down/827586 **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **Created:** [January 11, 2019, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usps-package-tracking-is-down/827586 "2019-01-11T12:51:20Z") **Posts on this page:** 7 **Page:** 1
### Author: ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm) #### Post date: [January 11, 2019, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usps-package-tracking-is-down/827586/1 "2019-01-11T12:51:20Z")
Or is it only me? Since yesterday, in fact I was tracking three packages and I was able to track the first two but the third one gave me the error message. Now all three give me the error. Maybe I broke it? ---
### Author: ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe) #### Post date: [January 11, 2019, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usps-package-tracking-is-down/827586/2 "2019-01-11T14:55:21Z")
I’m not getting anything useful — “Your item departed a shipping partner facility **at 5:23 pm on January 9, 2019** :eek: in COMPTON, CA 90220” — but I don’t get an error. ---
### Author: ![Lord\_Feldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lord_feldon/32/341_2.png) [@Lord\_Feldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Feldon) #### Post date: [January 11, 2019, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usps-package-tracking-is-down/827586/3 "2019-01-11T14:56:42Z")
IME it’s down for a little bit every day or nearly so. ---
### Author: ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown) #### Post date: [January 11, 2019, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usps-package-tracking-is-down/827586/4 "2019-01-11T16:41:30Z")
I’m trying to track an Express Mail package, too. At various times, I get various messages, like “Tracking number not entered into our system” - bullcrap. Or “We don’t have any information at this time”. I couldn’t use FedEx because all we had was a P.O. Box number. ---
### Author: ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z) #### Post date: [January 11, 2019, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usps-package-tracking-is-down/827586/5 "2019-01-11T21:15:27Z")
Hasn’t been down for me. I’ve been tracking a USPS package for the last few days and it has worked each time including this morning. ---
### Author: ![Alley\_Dweller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alley_dweller/32/430_2.png) [@Alley\_Dweller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alley_Dweller) #### Post date: [January 12, 2019, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usps-package-tracking-is-down/827586/6 "2019-01-12T00:40:31Z")
In my experience, it seems to be down for a while everyday, especially in the late afternoon. ---
### Author: ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm) #### Post date: [January 12, 2019, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usps-package-tracking-is-down/827586/7 "2019-01-12T04:23:26Z")
It came back up again a few minutes after I posted. But I swear it seemed like it was down for more than 12 hours. I suppose more likely it was down then up then down again. Sorry for the unnecessary thread.