Mailchimp outage on May 5 — 20-minute disruption
May 5, 12:43 PM → May 5, 01:03 PM · 20 minutes · medium
On May 5, 2026, Mailchimp experienced a service disruption. The incident began at approximately 12:43 UTC and was resolved by 13:03 UTC.
Impact
This incident was initially detected through user reports submitted to third-party monitoring platforms. During the disruption, users may have experienced intermittent difficulties accessing or utilizing Mailchimp services. Specific details regarding top issue types or impacted regions were not broadly recorded. The incident was also correlated with official vendor signals.
Incident timeline
- May 5, 12:43 PM
PulseWatch detected elevated report volume (medium severity)
- May 5, 12:45 PM
Peak of 0 reports in 15 minutes (baseline 1.0)
- May 5, 01:03 PM
Report volume returned to baseline — incident resolved
Official updates
- May 5, 12:43 PM
Mailchimp status page acknowledged the incident.
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