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As part of the Streamlabs site update today, some Twitch streamers are getting bad gateway connections, leaving their IP address visible to viewers.

UPDATE 2 (8:15 PM ET): Steamlabs has provided another update, stating that if you refresh your widgets, everything should be working now for Twitch streamers.

UPDATE 1 (7:13 PM ET): Streamlabs has officially responded, saying they are reverting back to the old code base while “working with Cloudflare to resolve problems with the error page showing IPs.”

ORIGINAL: Streamlabs has been undergoing some issues with connectivity today, part of a new website rewrite that rolled out earlier today. While Twitch streamers thought they may have had a patchy day, it appears the situation is far more serious than once thought.

Multiple reports are surfacing on social media, indicating that users with Streamlabs have been encountering Bad Gateway errors. While this would disrupt the flow of any stream, several Twitch streamers have reported that they have had their IP addresses shown live on stream.

King Gothalion, a prominent streamer with 227,000+ followers on Twitter, has had this happen to him, with someone taking his IP address and using it to DDoS his stream, taking it down. You can see the reaction in the clip below. (we have obviously not shown his IP address)

This isn’t happening to just him, but plenty of other Twitch streamers.

https://twitter.com/n3wbtv/status/837443313401757696

@StreamlabsHQ Streamlabs has been showing my IP on stream as well as showing PAST donation messages. Is something up? — Muhammed (@TheShakyBay) March 2, 2017

Anyone using Streamlabs for alerts please be aware that it could show a bad gateway and show your IP address — Kilo_Spartan Twitch (@KiloSpartan) March 2, 2017

@Gothalion @StreamlabsHQ Just insane. Ridiculous to think an app made specifically for streaming would ever show IP without asking. — Cohh Carnage (@CohhCarnage) March 2, 2017

In addition to the massive violation of privacy this poses to Streamlabs users on Twitch, it also presents a possible safety concern for Twitch streamers. We all know the ills of pranking streamers, ranging in various methods of releasing public information or getting swatted by the local police.

It’s not clear that Streamlabs are aware that there is a major issue on their hands, as they have issued no tweets (as of original press time) that there is a potential privacy and safety issue for their Twitch streamers. Their most recent tweet says they’re still working out the connectivity issues, albeit after the first IP addresses were made public.

We will update this story as it unfolds.