DeepL incident

Translation errors for select source languages

Resolved after 3 hours 59 minutes, affecting DeepL Free - API (EU) (API (EU) Free) and DeepL Free - Translate (Translate Free) and 1 more, on March 20, 2026.

resolved Mar 20, 2026, 05:59 PM UTC

All affected languages are no longer returning errors and are successfully translating.

Started
Mar 20, 2026, 02:00 PM UTC
Resolved
Mar 20, 2026, 05:59 PM UTC
Duration
3h 59m
Detected by Pingoru
Mar 20, 2026, 02:00 PM UTC

Affected components

DeepL Free - API (EU) (API (EU) Free)DeepL Free - Translate (Translate Free)DeepL Pro - Translate (Translate Pro)DeepL Pro - API (EU) (API (EU) Pro)DeepL Pro - API (US) (API (US) Pro)DeepL Web (Web)

Update timeline

  1. investigating Mar 20, 2026, 02:00 PM UTC

    Translations from the following source languages are currently returning errors: Malayalam, Oromo, Punjabi, Sesotho, Yiddish, and Zulu. We have identified the root cause and are actively working on a mitigation.

  2. investigating Mar 20, 2026, 05:45 PM UTC

    A fix has been deployed. We are monitoring to confirm the issue is fully resolved.

  3. resolved Mar 20, 2026, 05:59 PM UTC

    All affected languages are no longer returning errors and are successfully translating.

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