Petlibro suffered an outage that disrupted its smart pet feeder app, with some owners reporting that scheduled meals were missed, delayed or inconsistent. The incident matters because it highlights the risks of relying on internet-connected devices for essential pet care, particularly when owners are away from home.

The company first acknowledged the disruption on Tuesday and said services were fully restored by Wednesday evening, attributing it to communication between the app, devices and online servers. Petlibro says feeding schedules are stored on compatible devices and should continue offline, but it is reviewing reports that some feeders did not behave as expected; some activity records, notifications and cloud videos from the outage may be unrecoverable.