Netlify outage on May 4 — 15h 2m disruption
May 4, 12:47 AM → May 4, 03:49 PM · 15h 2m · high
On May 4, 2026, a service disruption affecting Netlify was detected through user reports. The incident began at 00:47 UTC and was resolved at 15:49 UTC on the same day.
Impact
Users reported a high severity disruption to Netlify services, with a total of 230 reports received during the incident. The primary issues reported included slow or unresponsive service (127 reports), websites being down (94 reports), and API-related problems (9 reports). These reports were correlated across support forums, indicating a broad impact on user experience. No specific regional concentrations of reports were identified.
Top reported issues
- Slow / unresponsive127
- Website down94
- API issues9
Incident timeline
- May 4, 12:47 AM
PulseWatch detected elevated report volume (high severity)
- May 4, 01:18 AM
Status updated: possible issue
- May 4, 01:23 AM
Status updated: possible issue
- May 4, 01:28 AM
Status updated: major issue
- May 4, 01:48 AM
Status updated: possible issue
- May 4, 01:53 AM
Status updated: possible issue
- May 4, 01:58 AM
Status updated: possible issue
- May 4, 02:18 AM
Status updated: possible issue
- May 4, 02:23 AM
Status updated: possible issue
- May 4, 02:28 AM
Status updated: major issue
- May 4, 02:48 AM
Status updated: possible issue
- May 4, 02:53 AM
Status updated: possible issue
- May 4, 02:58 AM
Status updated: possible issue
- May 4, 03:18 AM
Status updated: possible issue
- May 4, 03:23 AM
Status updated: possible issue
- May 4, 03:28 AM
Status updated: major issue
- May 4, 03:48 AM
Status updated: possible issue
- May 4, 03:53 AM
Status updated: possible issue
- May 4, 03:58 AM
Status updated: possible issue
- May 4, 04:18 AM
Status updated: possible issue
- May 4, 04:23 AM
Status updated: possible issue
- May 4, 04:28 AM
Status updated: major issue
- May 4, 04:48 AM
Status updated: possible issue
- May 4, 04:53 AM
Status updated: possible issue
- May 4, 04:58 AM
Status updated: possible issue
- May 4, 05:18 AM
Status updated: possible issue
- May 4, 05:23 AM
Status updated: possible issue
- May 4, 05:28 AM
Status updated: major issue
- May 4, 05:48 AM
Status updated: possible issue
- May 4, 05:53 AM
Status updated: possible issue
- May 4, 05:58 AM
Status updated: possible issue
- May 4, 06:18 AM
Status updated: possible issue
- May 4, 06:23 AM
Status updated: possible issue
- May 4, 06:28 AM
Status updated: major issue
- May 4, 09:15 AM
Peak of 10 reports in 15 minutes (baseline 1.3)
- May 4, 03:49 PM
Report volume returned to baseline — incident resolved
Official updates
- May 4, 12:47 AM
Netlify status page acknowledged the incident.
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