Auto-drafted postmortem
Grok outage on May 1 — 26-minute disruption
May 1, 09:06 PM → May 1, 09:33 PM · 26 minutes · high
On May 1, 2026, the Grok service experienced a disruption, which was detected through user reports. The incident began at 21:06 UTC and was resolved by 21:33 UTC.
Peak reports
8
in 15 min
Total reports
8
during the incident
Duration
26 minutes
tracked by PulseWatch
Impact
Users reported issues primarily related to the AI assistant being unavailable. A total of 8 reports were received during the 26-minute incident. The majority of these reports originated from the United States, with one report from the United Kingdom.
Top reported issues
- AI assistant unavailable8
Most affected regions
- United States7
- United Kingdom1
Incident timeline
- May 1, 09:06 PM
PulseWatch detected elevated report volume (high severity)
- May 1, 09:08 PM
Status updated: major issue
- May 1, 09:13 PM
Status updated: major issue
- May 1, 09:15 PM
Peak of 0 reports in 15 minutes (baseline 1.3)
- May 1, 09:33 PM
Report volume returned to baseline — incident resolved
Official updates
- May 1, 09:06 PM
Grok status page acknowledged the incident.
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