CircleCI outage on May 1 — 1h 34m disruption
May 1, 12:43 PM → May 1, 02:18 PM · 1h 34m · high
CircleCI experienced an outage that impacted users. The issue was resolved after 1 hour and 34 minutes.
Impact
Users reported that CircleCI was slow or unresponsive during this incident. The issue was detected through user reports and monitored by PulseWatch. The incident was resolved on May 1, 2026, at 14:18 UTC.
Top reported issues
- Slow / unresponsive24
Incident timeline
- May 1, 12:43 PM
PulseWatch detected elevated report volume (high severity)
- May 1, 12:45 PM
Peak of 4 reports in 15 minutes (baseline 1.0)
- May 1, 01:12 PM
Status updated: possible issue
- May 1, 01:23 PM
Status updated: possible issue
- May 1, 01:28 PM
Status updated: possible issue
- May 1, 01:37 PM
Status updated: possible issue
- May 1, 01:42 PM
Status updated: possible issue
- May 1, 01:52 PM
Status updated: possible issue
- May 1, 01:57 PM
Status updated: possible issue
- May 1, 02:18 PM
Report volume returned to baseline — incident resolved
Official updates
- May 1, 12:43 PM
CircleCI status page acknowledged the incident.
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