Alpaca experienced a minor incident on February 4, 2026 affecting New Account Onboarding, lasting 57m. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.
Affected components
New Account Onboarding
Update timeline
- investigating Feb 04, 2026, 07:01 PM UTC
We are currently investigating this issue.
- investigating Feb 04, 2026, 07:01 PM UTC
We are continuing to investigate this issue.
- investigating Feb 04, 2026, 07:06 PM UTC
We are continuing to investigate this issue.
- identified Feb 04, 2026, 07:24 PM UTC
There is an invalid message that is pushed to the queue causing the service crash.
- identified Feb 04, 2026, 07:30 PM UTC
Invalid messages are removed from the queue. We are monitoring the queue and service
- monitoring Feb 04, 2026, 07:30 PM UTC
A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the results.
- resolved Feb 04, 2026, 07:59 PM UTC
The issue is fixed and service is back to normal