Netlify outage on May 3 — 102d 7h disruption
May 3, 11:24 PM → Aug 14, 07:00 AM · 102d 7h · high
A service disruption affecting Netlify was detected on May 3, 2026, following an elevated volume of user reports. The incident was resolved on August 14, 2026.
Impact
Users experienced a high severity disruption to Netlify services. The incident was characterized by a peak of 16 reports within a 15-minute period, with a total of 488 reports received throughout the outage. The most frequently reported issues included websites being down, slow or unresponsive service, and API-related problems. No specific regional impact was recorded during this period.
Top reported issues
- Website down310
- Slow / unresponsive151
- API issues18
- Cloud provider issues9
Incident timeline
- May 3, 11:24 PM
PulseWatch detected elevated report volume (high severity)
- May 3, 11:53 PM
Status updated: possible issue
- May 4, 12:28 AM
Status updated: major issue
- May 4, 12:48 AM
Status updated: possible issue
- May 4, 12:58 AM
Status updated: major issue
- May 5, 08:45 PM
Peak of 15 reports in 15 minutes (baseline 1.3)
- Aug 14, 07:00 AM
Report volume returned to baseline — incident resolved
Official updates
- May 3, 11:24 PM
Netlify status page acknowledged the incident.
View official source - Aug 14, 07:00 AM
Slow / unresponsive clustered from 2 sources across 6 signals. Suppressed 5 redundant alerts and flagged flapping behavior.