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Several AO3 features are temporarily unavailable as we continue to address a security incident.

Currently, icons across the site (user icons, collection icons, etc.) are disabled, external work importing is unavailable, and works can only be downloaded in HTML format. No icons have been deleted, they are simply not being displayed currently.

We intend to restore these features in the future, but we do not yet have an estimated timeline for their return. We appreciate your patience and understanding as we work to resolve the situation.

Draft deletion was paused while AO3 was down so that no drafts would be deleted. We are going to leave draft deletion paused for the next two weeks to allow users time to log back into their accounts and save copies of or publish their drafts. Beginning November 29, draft deletion will return to normal and all drafts which are 30 days old will be deleted.

Our Technical Support and Feedback form has been temporarily disabled as the site is coming back up. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. For more information, please refer to our status page.