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CircleCI outage history and postmortems

Developer tools · 27 incidents in 90 days · 99.97% implied uptime · last 38h ago

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Incidents

94 on file
StartedIncidentDuration
Sep 2318:13 UTCDelays in processing new signups and plan changes1h 53m
Sep 2116:22 UTCDelays starting Linux Machine jobs47m
Sep 1614:55 UTCCustomers may experience delays in UI updates4h 35m
Sep 1514:42 UTCCustomers may experience delays in UI updates2h 20m
Sep 1411:59 UTCIncreased wait times for macOS jobs1h
Sep 1020:25 UTCIssues loading pipelines for a small number of projects1m
Sep 415:16 UTCmacOS Job Delays1h 40m
Aug 2615:43 UTCIntermittent errors when viewing plan usage UIs or calling plan usage APIs27m
Aug 2523:20 UTCGitHub Login Disruption0m
Aug 1721:06 UTCInsight data is currently delayed31m
Aug 1714:04 UTCGitHub Incidents impacting CircleCI functionality5h 1m
Aug 1216:33 UTCGitHub service degradation may impact customers using GitHub10m
Aug 1117:42 UTCDelayed pipeline updates and pipeline processing failures17m
Aug 613:06 UTCUsage API data delayed for 8/56h 48m
Aug 516:58 UTCInsights service data is lagging4h 3m
Aug 419:27 UTCIncreased Job Queue Times: Windows, Android, and GPU4h 13m
Jul 2416:35 UTCGitHub service degradation may impact customers using GitHub1h 6m
Jul 2219:57 UTCDelays in starting jobs using the gen3 resource class6h 8m
Jul 2206:13 UTCErrors loading app.circleci.com14m
Jul 2000:35 UTCErrors with GitHub APIs delaying workflows1h 10m
Jul 1623:04 UTCErrors accessing CircleCI and delays starting pipelines and scheduled workflows1h 22m
Jul 1422:54 UTCDelays starting jobs on Docker (Gen 2) resource classes1h 38m
Jul 1402:49 UTCLogin issues for some Bitbucket users2h 26m
Jul 1321:52 UTCIssues with network routing for Mac jobs25h 27m
Jul 1318:55 UTCIssues with network routing for Mac jobs44m
Jul 215:25 UTCOutage impacting web experience and pipelines starting1h 19m
Jun 2910:23 UTCSome customers are unable to access their organizations6h 35m
Jun 2615:00 UTCXcode 26.6 Demand + Queueing0m
Jun 2522:44 UTCInvestigating , Usage API Not Available20m
Jun 2423:13 UTCIssues with network routing for Mac jobs3h 53m
Jun 2318:34 UTCDelays starting Docker jobs1h 24m
Jun 1121:31 UTCIssue authenticating only Bitbucket users2h 47m
Jun 1022:39 UTCIssues publishing orbs28m
Jun 1016:30 UTCIncident with GitHub APIs10m
Jun 917:45 UTCIncreased 500 Errors on Pipeline and Workflow API Endpoints and UI58m
Jun 704:20 UTCmacOS jobs failing to start24m
Jun 212:52 UTCErrors on Cloud Docker Pulls19m
Jun 101:04 UTCMac jobs failing to start2h 22m
May 3118:15 UTCMac jobs failing to start6h 29m
May 2914:51 UTCUsage API data delayed for 5/283h 19m
About CircleCI

The last year, day by day

No incident Minor Major CriticalDeeper colour: longer outage

Downtime, added up

Developer tools median
1h 52m

CircleCI: 39m weighted downtime in range, category median 1h 52m.

27 incidents, 2 major or critical, 2d 21h of incident time (6h 20m major or critical, 2d 15h partial), longest 25h 27m, implied uptime 99.97%, between Jun 28, 2026 and Sep 25, 2026.

Stated causes

83 incidents with no cause stated.

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Questions

Is CircleCI down right now?

Check CircleCI's own status page at https://status.circleci.com for the live state. This page shows CircleCI's incident history from that page; the most recent incident started 2026-09-23: "Delays in processing new signups and plan changes".

How often does CircleCI have outages?

CircleCI posted 27 incidents in the last 90 days and 94 in the last year, 2 of them major or critical in the last 90 days. The median incident lasted 1h 22m.

When was CircleCI's last major outage?

2026-08-17: "GitHub Incidents impacting CircleCI functionality", lasting 5h 1m.

What usually causes CircleCI incidents?

Where CircleCI explained the cause, the most common was third-party dependency (4 incidents). Most status updates do not name a cause.

Sources: vendors' own status pages, published postmortems and SEC 8-K Item 1.05 filings, read daily. Times as reported. Logos via logo.dev; trademarks belong to their owners.

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