CircleCI outage on May 4 — 1h 13m disruption
May 4, 03:49 PM → May 4, 05:03 PM · 1h 13m · medium
CircleCI experienced an outage that began on May 4, 2026, at 15:49:09 UTC. The incident was resolved on May 4, 2026, at 17:03:06 UTC, after approximately 1 hour and 13 minutes.
Impact
During this incident, users reported that CircleCI was slow or unresponsive. The issue was detected through user reports and monitored by PulseWatch. No specific regions were identified as being more impacted than others. The incident was resolved within the stated timeframe.
Top reported issues
- Slow / unresponsive24
Incident timeline
- May 4, 03:49 PM
PulseWatch detected elevated report volume (medium severity)
- May 4, 03:53 PM
Status updated: possible issue
- May 4, 03:58 PM
Status updated: possible issue
- May 4, 04:08 PM
Status updated: possible issue
- May 4, 04:13 PM
Status updated: possible issue
- May 4, 04:15 PM
Peak of 16 reports in 15 minutes (baseline 1.0)
- May 4, 04:23 PM
Status updated: major issue
- May 4, 04:28 PM
Status updated: major issue
- May 4, 04:38 PM
Status updated: possible issue
- May 4, 04:43 PM
Status updated: possible issue
- May 4, 05:03 PM
Report volume returned to baseline — incident resolved
Official updates
- May 4, 03:49 PM
CircleCI status page acknowledged the incident.
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