A checklist. Not a status board.
Is Longshots down?
The terms say the game is provided as it is, and that it may be down sometimes. On 6 November 2026, longshots.app/status and /health both returned 404. There is no public status board for me to read. I cannot see the game’s servers, so this page will not show an uptime badge.
If you need the maker’s own word, use @Gilology on X, @longshotsapp on Instagram, or [email protected]. I will not invent an ETA.
Try this in order
- Reload the tab. A service worker keeps a copy of the page, so an old build can look like a broken one.
- Check the clock. The set changes at midnight UK. Before that, yesterday’s questions are the current set.
- If a shot fails with “Signal lost. Check your connection and shoot again.”, retry the connection. That string is the submit error.
- If sign-in or saving fails, a blocker may be stopping auth.longshots.app. The privacy page names that host. Trying an exception is reasonable. It is not a confirmed cause.
- Clear site data only if the page is still blank. Chrome’s “cookies and other site data” also clears local storage. If you are not signed in, that can remove the local player id, rounds and streak.
- For sign-in, Google was added on 6 November 2026. Email codes can sit in spam or Promotions for a few minutes.
What the messages mean
| Message | Meaning | What to do |
|---|---|---|
| Signal lost | Submit could not finish | Check the connection and shoot again |
| Couldn’t reach the pitch | The round failed to load | Try again |
| Blocked! | A wrong-answer reaction | It is not a network block |
| Slide tackle | 25 seconds ran out | That question scores 0 |
| Saved, Wide, Over, Row Z, post, bar | Other miss reactions | The answer was not accepted |
A rejected correct answer is not downtime
Gilmore asked players to report valid answers that the list still rejects, from the team sheet. That is an answer-list gap, not an outage. The contact for the game is [email protected].
Will you lose the streak?
| Action | Signed in | Not signed in |
|---|---|---|
| Reload the tab | Rounds stay on the account | Local rounds usually stay |
| Clear site data | Account rounds stay if the sign-in still works | Local rounds and streak can go |
Sources
- Error strings in the public game script — checked 2026-11-06. [S2]
- Longshots terms — checked 2026-11-06. [S3]
- Longshots privacy — checked 2026-11-06. [S4]
- Google sign-in note on X — checked 2026-11-06. [S7]
- Chrome help, clear browsing data — checked 2026-11-06. [S18]