CircleCI outage on May 5 — 1h 13m disruption
May 5, 05:34 PM → May 5, 06:48 PM · 1h 13m · medium
On May 5, 2026, CircleCI experienced a service disruption. This incident was detected through user reports and lasted approximately 1 hour and 13 minutes. The service was fully restored by 18:48 UTC.
Impact
During the incident, users reported various issues with the CircleCI service. The most frequently reported problems included slow or unresponsive behavior, accounting for 18 reports, and API-related issues, with 9 reports. Additionally, 2 reports indicated the website was down. No specific regional impact was recorded during this period.
Top reported issues
- Slow / unresponsive18
- API issues9
- Website down2
Incident timeline
- May 5, 05:34 PM
PulseWatch detected elevated report volume (medium severity)
- May 5, 05:38 PM
Status updated: possible issue
- May 5, 05:43 PM
Status updated: major issue
- May 5, 05:45 PM
Peak of 4 reports in 15 minutes (baseline 1.0)
- May 5, 05:54 PM
Status updated: possible issue
- May 5, 05:58 PM
Status updated: possible issue
- May 5, 06:08 PM
Status updated: possible issue
- May 5, 06:13 PM
Status updated: possible issue
- May 5, 06:23 PM
Status updated: possible issue
- May 5, 06:28 PM
Status updated: possible issue
- May 5, 06:48 PM
Report volume returned to baseline — incident resolved
Official updates
- May 5, 05:34 PM
CircleCI status page acknowledged the incident.
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