Character AI incident

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Character AI experienced a major incident on April 16, 2026 affecting Character.AI, lasting 17m. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.

Started
Apr 16, 2026, 08:08 AM UTC
Resolved
Apr 16, 2026, 08:25 AM UTC
Duration
17m
Detected by Pingoru
Apr 16, 2026, 08:08 AM UTC

Affected components

Character.AI

Update timeline

  1. investigating Apr 16, 2026, 08:08 AM UTC

    We are currently investigating this issue.

  2. resolved Apr 16, 2026, 08:25 AM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.