Alpaca incident

Broker API and Trading API Timeouts

Minor Resolved View vendor source →

Alpaca experienced a minor incident on May 30, 2026 affecting Account API and Paper Account API and 1 more component, lasting 3m. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.

Started
May 30, 2026, 02:44 AM UTC
Resolved
May 30, 2026, 02:48 AM UTC
Duration
3m
Detected by Pingoru
May 30, 2026, 02:44 AM UTC

Affected components

Account APIPaper Account APIbroker.accounts.getOrders APIPaper Order APIbroker.accounts.account_id.transfers.getPositions APIPaper Positions APIbroker.assets.getAssets API

Update timeline

  1. investigating May 30, 2026, 02:44 AM UTC

    Our team is aware of an increase in timeout errors across Broker and Trading API. We are currently investigating and will provide updates as we progress. Thank you for your patience.

  2. resolved May 30, 2026, 02:48 AM UTC

    On May 29, 2026, at 10:05 PM ET, Alpaca experienced an increase in timeout errors for Broker and Trading API services for approximately nine minutes. Services were restored quickly and our team is continuing to monitor to ensure they remain operational.