Ask HN: NIST Randomness Beacon Interruption?

Gentlepeople,

the NIST Randomness Beacon has seen an unannounced, unacknowledged outtage from pulse ID #1827762 (2026-06-11T16:57:00.000Z) to #1827763 (2026-06-22T17:03:00.000Z). I reached out to beacon@nist.gov (and via twitter/x.com) but got no reply whatsoever.

Gemini hallucinated a story about a government shut-down and that the tech community was well aware of that - without proof, of course.

Question: Does anyone have accurate information as to what caused this outtage?