Does rinkeby ever have issues verifying contracts?

I've verified many contracts before. I cannot seem to verify anything atm, not even this:

// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT pragma solidity ^0.8.10; contract Counter { } 

I compiled and deployed via remix, optimization enabled 200. I keep getting a generic error saying "General Exception, unable to get compiled [bytecode]". Yes my compiler version is correct. Yes I selected optimization on. Idk if I'm having a stroke or if rinkeby is actually messed up right now. Anyone experience this?