{"id":3374,"date":"2026-08-13T01:07:17","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T21:07:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/cats-and-dogs-are-missing-meals-after-a-popular-smart-feeder-went-down\/"},"modified":"2026-08-13T01:07:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T21:07:17","slug":"cats-and-dogs-are-missing-meals-after-a-popular-smart-feeder-went-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/cats-and-dogs-are-missing-meals-after-a-popular-smart-feeder-went-down\/","title":{"rendered":"Cats and dogs are missing meals after a popular smart feeder went down"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"An image of Petlibro\u2019s Granary 2 feeder\" data-caption=\"Petlibro\u2019s Granary 2 feeder. | Image: Petlibro\" data-portal-copyright=\"Image: Petlibro\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/petlibro-granary.webp?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0,0,100,100\" \/><figcaption>\n\tPetlibro\u2019s Granary 2 feeder. | Image: Petlibro\t<\/figcaption><\/p><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A Petlibro outage is preventing its smart pet feeders and other devices from performing scheduled tasks, like dispensing food. The outage began on Tuesday, with users across Reddit reporting that their smart feeders, litter boxes, and water fountains <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/Petlibro\/comments\/1vmg21e\/1030_am_us_est_devices_offline_again\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">have gone offline<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Though <a href=\"https:\/\/petlibro.com\/pages\/petlibro-status\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Petlibro maintains<\/a> that \u00ab\u00a0existing settings and schedules stored locally on your device will continue to operate as programmed,\u00a0\u00bb <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/Petlibro\/comments\/1vmd4zs\/feeder_still_offline_scheduled_feedings_do_not\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">many users<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/Petlibro\/comments\/1vmc303\/feeding_schedules_need_to_be_addressed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">say<\/a> that&rsquo;s not the case. Instead, some users report that Petlibro&rsquo;s RFID and Granary food dispensers are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/Petlibro\/comments\/1vmes1b\/if_your_cats_are_hungry_this_morning_app\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">missing scheduled feedings<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/Petlibro\/comments\/1vmbu5f\/was_out_of_town_and_did_not_know_about_outage\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">due to the outage<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/Petlibro\/comments\/1vlgf7e\/server_errors_camera_and_app_not_working_while_in\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a major problem<\/a> for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/Petlibro\/comments\/1vmcpo1\/what_do_i_do\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pet owners currently away from home<\/a>. Some users say they&rsquo;ve  \u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/979295\/petlibro-outage-smart-pet-feeders\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the full story at The Verge.<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Petlibro\u2019s Granary 2 feeder. | Image: Petlibro A Petlibro outage is preventing its smart pet feeders and other devices from [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3374","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-non-classe"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3374","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3374"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3374\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3374"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3374"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}