Alpaca incident

Paper Trading: Portfolio Service Degradation

Resolved after 1 hour 40 minutes, affecting Dashboard, on July 24, 2026.

resolved Jul 24, 2026, 05:02 AM UTC

Resolved: All affected services have returned to normal operation. API response times have normalized, and the portfolio graph is loading successfully on the dashboard. We will continue monitoring to ensure continued stability.

Started
Jul 24, 2026, 03:21 AM UTC
Resolved
Jul 24, 2026, 05:02 AM UTC
Duration
1h 40m
Detected by Pingoru
Jul 24, 2026, 03:21 AM UTC

Affected components

Dashboard

Update timeline

  1. investigating Jul 24, 2026, 03:21 AM UTC

    We have identified an issue affecting the Portfolio service in the paper trading environment, resulting in API errors and preventing the portfolio graph from loading in the dashboard. Our team is actively investigating the issue and working to restore normal service as quickly as possible. We will provide further updates as they become available.

  2. investigating Jul 24, 2026, 04:23 AM UTC

    Our team is actively investigating the issue and working to restore normal service as quickly as possible. We will provide further updates as they become available.

  3. identified Jul 24, 2026, 04:57 AM UTC

    The underlying issue has been identified as an inefficient database query. The team has implemented performance optimizations, and we are monitoring the service to ensure stability and continued recovery.

  4. monitoring Jul 24, 2026, 05:00 AM UTC

    We are seeing improvements following the database query optimization. API response times have returned to normal, and the portfolio graph is loading successfully on the dashboard. We continue to monitor the service closely.

  5. resolved Jul 24, 2026, 05:02 AM UTC

    Resolved: All affected services have returned to normal operation. API response times have normalized, and the portfolio graph is loading successfully on the dashboard. We will continue monitoring to ensure continued stability.

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