Chromatic Outage History

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Chromatic had 22 outages in the last 2 years totaling 43h 54m of downtime — averaging 0.9 incidents per month.

There were 22 Chromatic outages since September 30, 2025 totaling 43h 54m of downtime. Each is summarised below — incident details, duration, and resolution information.

Source: https://status.chromatic.com

Minor July 30, 2026

Web app and build timeouts

Detected by Pingoru
Jul 30, 2026, 10:02 PM UTC
Resolved
Jul 31, 2026, 12:29 AM UTC
Duration
2h 27m
Timeline · 2 updates
  1. investigating Jul 30, 2026, 10:02 PM UTC

    We are investigating degraded performance of the web app and slow builds.

  2. investigating Jul 30, 2026, 11:18 PM UTC

    A fix is in place, and we're continuing to monitor the situation.

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Major July 30, 2026

UI Reviews unavailable to some accounts linked to BitBucket

Detected by Pingoru
Jul 30, 2026, 01:50 PM UTC
Resolved
Jul 30, 2026, 08:52 PM UTC
Duration
7h 2m
Timeline · 2 updates
  1. investigating Jul 30, 2026, 01:50 PM UTC

    We have identified that some UI Reviews are not opening for some accounts linked to Bitbucket repositories. Users may experience errors or blank screens when attempting to access these reviews. We are currently investigating the root cause and will provide updates as more information becomes available.

  2. investigating Jul 30, 2026, 07:19 PM UTC

    We are monitoring the situation closely as we continue our investigation. We believe it's affecting a very small subset of users.

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Minor July 24, 2026

Builds taking longer than usual

Detected by Pingoru
Jul 24, 2026, 09:36 AM UTC
Resolved
Jul 24, 2026, 03:58 PM UTC
Duration
6h 22m
Timeline · 7 updates
  1. investigating Jul 24, 2026, 09:36 AM UTC

    We have detected an increase in build times and the number of pending builds. Our team is responding to ensure that builds in process proceed without having to be cancelled or rerun.

  2. investigating Jul 24, 2026, 10:28 AM UTC

    Our team is still working to resolve the slowdown in build progress. We will continue to update here as we make progress.

  3. investigating Jul 24, 2026, 11:39 AM UTC

    We believe we have identified the root cause of the issue and are testing fixes. We are seeing improvements in processing times and will continue to monitor and update this page.

  4. resolved Jul 24, 2026, 12:00 PM UTC

    We have seen sustained and improvement and believe that the root cause of the build time delays has been resolved. Users may see builds that were in progress during the incident continue to take extra time and occasionally timeout, but new builds should be processed quickly. If you prefer, you can cancel builds to avoid waiting and rerun them now, or you can allow them to complete or timeout at the 2 hour mark.

  5. investigating Jul 24, 2026, 01:55 PM UTC

    We have received reports that the issue with build delays is still affecting some customers. We have reopened this incident and are actively investigating. We’ll share updates here as soon as we have more information.

  6. investigating Jul 24, 2026, 03:15 PM UTC

    We believe we have identified the root cause of the issue and have implemented a fix. We are seeing improvements in processing times and will continue to monitor and update this page.

  7. resolved Jul 24, 2026, 03:58 PM UTC

    We've confirmed that build performance has returned to normal, and the earlier delays have been fully resolved. All new builds are processing as expected. If you still have builds from earlier that appear stuck or delayed, you can allow them to complete on their own. We’ll continue to monitor closely.

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Minor July 10, 2026

Capture Cloud Experiencing Delays

Detected by Pingoru
Jul 10, 2026, 09:49 PM UTC
Resolved
Jul 11, 2026, 04:52 AM UTC
Duration
7h 3m
Timeline · 3 updates
  1. investigating Jul 10, 2026, 09:49 PM UTC

    A fix is in place, but we are continuing to monitor extended build times for some users.

  2. investigating Jul 10, 2026, 10:54 PM UTC

    We are continuing to monitor extended build times and are actively working on a fix.

  3. investigating Jul 11, 2026, 12:38 AM UTC

    Our systems are working through the backlog of delayed builds, and timeouts may still occur. We're continuing to monitor the situation and will update as it progresses.

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Minor July 8, 2026

UI Review Issues

Detected by Pingoru
Jul 08, 2026, 10:13 AM UTC
Resolved
Jul 08, 2026, 12:00 PM UTC
Duration
1h 47m
Timeline · 2 updates
  1. investigating Jul 08, 2026, 10:13 AM UTC

    We are currently investigating reports of users experiencing issues with the UI Review feature in Chromatic. Our team is actively looking into the root cause and will provide updates as we learn more.

  2. resolved Jul 08, 2026, 12:00 PM UTC

    We've resolved the issue and the app experience is back to normal. If you are experiencing any further issues, please reach out to support with questions.

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Minor June 17, 2026

App recovered

Detected by Pingoru
Jun 17, 2026, 06:52 PM UTC
Resolved
Jun 17, 2026, 06:52 PM UTC
Duration
Timeline · 1 update
  1. resolved Jun 17, 2026, 06:52 PM UTC

    App recovered

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Minor May 6, 2026

Chromatic Website Service Disruption

Detected by Pingoru
May 06, 2026, 03:15 PM UTC
Resolved
May 06, 2026, 03:15 PM UTC
Duration
Timeline · 1 update
  1. investigating May 06, 2026, 03:15 PM UTC

    Our Marketing, Documentation, and Blog pages may be experiencing degraded performance, and users may have experienced delays or disruptions when visiting these pages

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Minor April 30, 2026

Performance degradation

Detected by Pingoru
Apr 30, 2026, 04:16 PM UTC
Resolved
Apr 30, 2026, 05:15 PM UTC
Duration
59m
Timeline · 3 updates
  1. investigating Apr 30, 2026, 04:16 PM UTC

    We've become aware of a performance degradation in the app that is causing the duration of requests to increase. We are working on diagnosing this problem and are deploying mitigations to keep the app experience good. We'll keep this page up to date as we work through this issue.

  2. investigating Apr 30, 2026, 04:39 PM UTC

    We've seen some improvements in app performance due to our mitigations and we'll continue to work to restore performance to normal levels.

  3. resolved Apr 30, 2026, 05:15 PM UTC

    We've resolved our performance issues from this morning and the app experience is back to normal. If you are experiencing any further issues, please reach out to support with questions.

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Minor April 25, 2026

Some apps experiencing 500 errors

Detected by Pingoru
Apr 25, 2026, 07:26 PM UTC
Resolved
Apr 25, 2026, 07:35 PM UTC
Duration
9m
Timeline · 2 updates
  1. investigating Apr 25, 2026, 07:26 PM UTC

    A limited subset of app IDs are unable to load their build lists and are getting 500 errors when attempting to do so. We are investigating the issue with the intent at restoring normal functionality as soon as possible. We will keep this page up to date through our efforts.

  2. resolved Apr 25, 2026, 07:35 PM UTC

    We've identified the cause of the problem and have rolled back a recent change, which we believe has resolved this issue. We will continue to monitor our rollback. If you are still experiencing any problems, please let support know via in-app chat or via [email protected]

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Minor March 10, 2026

Builds slower than usual

Detected by Pingoru
Mar 10, 2026, 03:59 PM UTC
Resolved
Mar 10, 2026, 05:23 PM UTC
Duration
1h 24m
Timeline · 2 updates
  1. investigating Mar 10, 2026, 03:59 PM UTC

    We are noticing builds taking longer to process than usual and are investigating possible causes. Builds are still completing but we are investigating the issue to see if it is transitory or is something that we can resolve. Builds should not be failing or timing out at this time.

  2. resolved Mar 10, 2026, 05:23 PM UTC

    We believe we have resolved the slow build issue and are monitoring for more issues. We'll also be making further changes to prevent this from recurring long-term.

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Minor March 2, 2026

Review option not visible in the dashboard

Detected by Pingoru
Mar 02, 2026, 05:29 PM UTC
Resolved
Mar 02, 2026, 05:29 PM UTC
Duration
Timeline · 1 update
  1. investigating Mar 02, 2026, 05:29 PM UTC

    We received reports that the Review tab is missing from the dashboard for some users. Please note the page remains accessible via direct link. We have just deployed a fix, and the issue should be resolved.

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Minor February 26, 2026

Users not being able to sign into Chromatic via GitLab

Detected by Pingoru
Feb 26, 2026, 10:30 AM UTC
Resolved
Feb 26, 2026, 05:57 PM UTC
Duration
7h 27m
Timeline · 6 updates
  1. investigating Feb 26, 2026, 10:30 AM UTC

    We are currently seeing some reports of users not being able to sign into Chromatic via GitLab. We are aware of these reports and are investigating the root cause.

  2. investigating Feb 26, 2026, 11:35 AM UTC

    We are actively investigating the root cause of the issue and will provide an update as soon as we have more information.

  3. investigating Feb 26, 2026, 01:03 PM UTC

    We've identified the root cause of the issue, and our team is actively working to fix it.

  4. investigating Feb 26, 2026, 03:26 PM UTC

    We have reached out to our upstream partner and are working with them to resolve the issue affecting sign-ins to Chromatic via GitLab. Our team continues to work on a resolution, and we will provide more updates as soon as we have additional information.

  5. investigating Feb 26, 2026, 04:46 PM UTC

    GitLab has informed us that they are working to resolve an incident that is downstream of our incident. We expect that once they resolve their problem that our problem will be resolved as well. We will continue to update this update with more information.

  6. resolved Feb 26, 2026, 05:57 PM UTC

    The downstream provider has made a change that has resulted in the resolution of this issue. We are not seeing this error in our logs anymore and can confirm that customers should have no further issues with GitLab logins. If you are still experiencing issues, please reach out to support and let us know, as we now regard this issue is closed.

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Minor February 25, 2026

Chromatic is experiencing slower than usual page loads

Detected by Pingoru
Feb 25, 2026, 10:47 PM UTC
Resolved
Feb 25, 2026, 11:28 PM UTC
Duration
41m
Timeline · 2 updates
  1. investigating Feb 25, 2026, 10:47 PM UTC

    We are currently experiencing slower than usual page loads for account and test pages. We are working on a mitigation to return page load times to normal and will keep this page up to date as we proceed.

  2. resolved Feb 25, 2026, 11:28 PM UTC

    We have identified the cause of the slowdown and resolved the underlying issue, and will be pursuing mitigations in the future to prevent this issue from recurring in the future. If you are still experiencing issues, please reach out to your customer success manager or support.

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Minor February 9, 2026

Logins using Github not working properly

Detected by Pingoru
Feb 09, 2026, 04:38 PM UTC
Resolved
Feb 09, 2026, 05:55 PM UTC
Duration
1h 17m
Affected: SSO Authentication
Timeline · 2 updates
  1. investigating Feb 09, 2026, 04:38 PM UTC

    Users that log in using their GitHub accounts are likely experiencing a problem that we believe is related to one of a few production incidents occurring at Github. See their status page: https://www.githubstatus.com/ Other integrations with GitHub are likely to be experiencing issues right now. If you believe that you are encountering a problem that is related directly to Chromatic and is not a downstream effect of the GitHub incidents, please reach out to Chromatic support.

  2. resolved Feb 09, 2026, 05:55 PM UTC

    We have confirmed that authentication with Github accounts is now working as expected on our site. Please write in to support if you have additional concerns or continue to be unable to log in.

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Minor January 23, 2026

Some Status Checks are Failing

Detected by Pingoru
Jan 23, 2026, 07:47 PM UTC
Resolved
Jan 23, 2026, 08:28 PM UTC
Duration
41m
Timeline · 3 updates
  1. investigating Jan 23, 2026, 07:47 PM UTC

    We're currently investigating reports of GitHub status checks failing for a specific subset of customers. We will update this status page periodically with more info or as the situation develops.

  2. investigating Jan 23, 2026, 08:08 PM UTC

    We have identified the root cause and are working on a fix that we believe will resolve this incident. We will update this page with an update shortly.

  3. resolved Jan 23, 2026, 08:28 PM UTC

    We've resolved the underlying issue for this incident and have confirmed that GitHub status checks are working as expected. If you suspect you were experiencing this issue, you can push an additional commit to the affected branch to clear the check. If you are still having problems with status checks, please reach out to support in the app or at [email protected]

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Minor December 15, 2025

Project URLs are not accessible when logged out

Detected by Pingoru
Dec 15, 2025, 03:01 AM UTC
Resolved
Dec 15, 2025, 03:31 AM UTC
Duration
30m
Timeline · 4 updates
  1. investigating Dec 15, 2025, 03:01 AM UTC

    Currently anonymous access to any (potentially authenticated) Chromatic URL will timeout with a 504 error. This includes URLs for projects which should be public.

  2. investigating Dec 15, 2025, 03:14 AM UTC

    Note you can access projects if you are logged in at www.chromatic.com

  3. investigating Dec 15, 2025, 03:15 AM UTC

    We have identified the root cause and are working on a fix that we believe will resolve this incident. We will update this page with an update shortly.

  4. resolved Dec 15, 2025, 03:31 AM UTC

    We've resolved the underlying issue for this incident and believe all Chromatic's functionality is returned to normal. If you are continuing to have problems with accessing your Chromatic app, please reach out to support.

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Major November 21, 2025

Chromatic Figma App is Unavailable

Detected by Pingoru
Nov 21, 2025, 06:09 PM UTC
Resolved
Nov 21, 2025, 07:29 PM UTC
Duration
1h 20m
Timeline · 3 updates
  1. investigating Nov 21, 2025, 06:09 PM UTC

    We are currently working through an issue with the Chromatic Figma App, which is unavailable. We will update this status page periodically with more info or as the situation develops.

  2. investigating Nov 21, 2025, 06:58 PM UTC

    We've identified the issue and are working through a fix.

  3. resolved Nov 21, 2025, 07:29 PM UTC

    We believe we have resolved the issue with the Figma integration and are monitoring to ensure that everything works as expected. We will reopen an issue if we discover additional problems.

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Minor November 3, 2025

Some delays in builds

Detected by Pingoru
Nov 03, 2025, 06:55 PM UTC
Resolved
Nov 03, 2025, 07:10 PM UTC
Duration
15m
Timeline · 2 updates
  1. investigating Nov 03, 2025, 06:55 PM UTC

    We are noticing a delay in the processing of builds on our end. We don't expect this to cause problems with the ultimate completion of these builds or other parts of the platform and are deploying mitigations while we determine the cause.

  2. resolved Nov 03, 2025, 07:10 PM UTC

    Build times have returned to normal and we are keeping a close on our systems to ensure that we've resolved the root cause of the issue.

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Minor October 10, 2025

Some SSO features are failing with an exception

Detected by Pingoru
Oct 10, 2025, 04:07 PM UTC
Resolved
Oct 10, 2025, 08:37 PM UTC
Duration
4h 30m
Affected: SSO Authentication
Timeline · 2 updates
  1. investigating Oct 10, 2025, 04:07 PM UTC

    We have received reports that SSO is failing with the message Unknown error: An exception occurred. We believe that we have isolated the cause of this error and are working on an immediate fix. We will keep this page up to date with the status of this incident.

  2. resolved Oct 10, 2025, 08:37 PM UTC

    We have deployed mitigations for the SSO issue and are cautiously optimistic that we have a resolution. We are continuing to monitor for recurrence or for other related problems.

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Minor September 30, 2025

Temporary interruption to CI job processing

Detected by Pingoru
Sep 30, 2025, 05:53 PM UTC
Resolved
Sep 30, 2025, 05:53 PM UTC
Duration
Timeline · 1 update
  1. investigating Sep 30, 2025, 05:53 PM UTC

    The Chromatic platform experienced a short interruption to CI job processing earlier today, with CI jobs exiting with the error Failed to extract stories from your Storybook. This issue should be resolved now, but we are monitoring the situation to ensure no regression.

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