Netlify outage, May 2026: Increased Latency in API & Builds
Netlify reported and resolved an incident: Increased Latency in API & Builds. It lasted 1.1 hours.
OKResolved
From Netlify's official status page, in their words.
What happened
- Started
- Resolved
- Duration
- 1.1 hours
- Impact
- minor
- Affected
- Build Pipeline, API
Why it happened
Netlify has not given a cause in its updates. We never guess one.
Timeline
Newest first. From Netlify's official status page, in their words.
- resolved
This incident has been resolved.
- monitoring
We have implemented a fix and are monitoring system performance to ensure services continue to recover as expected.
- investigating
We are currently investigating increased latency affecting our API and build systems. Some users may experience slower-than-normal response times for API requests and builds while we work to identify the source of the issue.
What this means for a business (and what to check now)
- Retry anything that failed during the 1.1 hours.
- Enter any payments, bookings or jobs you took another way.
- If a deadline fell inside the window, keep this page as your record of the outage.
The full guide: what to do when a service you rely on is down
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- Delayed Edge Functions and Functions logs, resolved after 3.9 hours
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