It was previously reported that The Pirate Bay had lost four of its main domains, including thepiratebay.la. Almost immediately following this, the main .se website began experiencing issues. As reported by Venture Beat, the main domain shut down, experiencing an Error 522 problem, but is now back online and is fully functional.

During the period the main domain was down, it did not display the same "clientHOLD" error message that the four other domains had displayed. According to the report, this means the .se website may have experienced a power outage and was not taken down due to legal disputes.

If the site was to be visited during this time it would only utilize a cache snapshot of the website but could not function properly to search for torrents. When refreshing the page for a live version, the Error 522 message would display instead, prompting users to refresh again or to re-visit the site at later time.

Venture Beat also points out that The Pirate Bay's blog has been experiencing issues as well lately, but given that there has been no official new post since February 2015 this should not be an area of concern for visitors. It is speculated that more attention has been spent on keeping the .se domain alive and functional.

By Jan. 5 the .se website of The Pirate Bay has gone back online, with no recurring issues at the time being. The website no longer displays an error although some users are still experiencing Error 522 problems from time to time. Simply refreshing the page, however, resolves the problem after some time.

According to the report, many users have begun switching to other torrent sites such as Kickass Torrents due to continuous problems that The Pirate Bay experiences. While Kickass Torrents does experience issues from time to time, they are reportedly not as severe as those from The Pirate Bay.