Petlibro Smart Feeder Outage Leaves Pets Unfed
TL;DR. Petlibro's Granary 2 smart pet feeder experienced a significant outage, disrupting automated feeding schedules and leaving some pets unfed. - The system disruption lasted for at least a full day, affecting remote control and app access for users. - Petlibro claimed offline schedules would run, but user reports conflicted, indicating widespread feeding failures. - The incident highlights reliability issues and trust concerns with cloud-dependent smart home devices.
- Petlibro smart pet feeder suffered an outage for over 24 hours.
- Users reported feeders failed to dispense food despite company claims of offline functionality.
- The incident caused significant concern among pet owners relying on the devices.
- Petlibro CEO stated the outage was related to app-to-device communication via online servers.
Sources
- Pet owners say smart pet feeder outage led to furry ones going unfed — arstechnica.com
- cnet.com — cnet.com