Cats and dogs are missing meals after a popular smart feeder went down

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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 have gone offline.

Though Petlibro maintains that “existing settings and schedules stored locally on your device will continue to operate as programmed,” many userssay that’s not the case. Instead, some users report that Petlibro’s RFID and Granary food dispensers are missing scheduled feedingsdue to the outage — a major problem for pet owners currently away from home. Some users say Petlibro’s Dockstream smart fountains have stopped pumping water, while the Luma litter boxes are no longer performing cleanings. The app...

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