Cohere incident

/audio/transcriptions endpoint returns error for audio files with unexpected sampling rate

Cohere is currently experiencing a major incident, which began 2h ago. The vendor's full update timeline is below.

Started
Jun 01, 2026, 01:51 PM UTC
Resolved
Ongoing
Duration
● 1h 55m
Detected by Pingoru
Jun 01, 2026, 01:51 PM UTC

Update timeline

  1. identified Jun 01, 2026, 01:51 PM UTC

    Status: Identified /audio/transcriptions endpoints availability is affected now due to the Cohere ASR model backing the endpoint throws error for any audio inputs that are in the expected sampling rate. Previously these sampling rate audio files were accepted and processed, marking this as a regression type incident. :hammer_and_wrench: We have identified the root cause of the incident, and are working diligently to fix.