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Firetext is operational right now. Last checked 8m ago; the most recent incident resolved 25d ago.
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Recent outages & incidents
Past 90 days- APIApplicationOutbound SMSInbound SMSURL ShortenerWebsite
Timeline · 9 updates
- investigating · Aug 18, 2026, 11:47 PM UTC
We are aware of services currently being unavailable. The team is actively investigating and working to resolve the issues.
- investigating · Aug 19, 2026, 12:20 AM UTC
Our database instances have crashed as 19/08/26 23:47 BST. The team is currently looking to restore services from backups but we anticipate this to take several hours. Outbound and Inbound SMS are currently affected.
- investigating · Aug 19, 2026, 12:23 AM UTC
Our database instances have crashed as 18/08/26 23:47 BST. The team is currently looking to restore services from backups but we anticipate this to take several hours. Outbound and Inbound SMS are currently affected.
- investigating · Aug 19, 2026, 12:24 AM UTC
Our database instances have crashed as 18/08/26 23:47 BST. The team is currently looking to restore services from backups but we anticipate this to take several hours. Outbound and Inbound SMS are currently affected.
- investigating · Aug 19, 2026, 03:57 AM UTC
Attempts to restore services are taking longer than expected. We apologise for the continued interruption.
- investigating · Aug 19, 2026, 07:41 AM UTC
Unfortunately restorations of the affected database instances are still in progress, we're awaiting feedback from engineers on expediting the process. A further update will be provided at 10am.
- investigating · Aug 19, 2026, 09:03 AM UTC
Progress is still slow but approaching 50%, the team continue to evaluate all available options. Next update by 12pm.
- monitoring · Aug 19, 2026, 11:11 AM UTC
A fix was put in place promoting a new instance around 11:30. Messages look to be flowing again. The team will continue to monitor before closing the incident. If still having any issues do let us know.
- resolved · Aug 19, 2026, 10:31 PM UTC
This incident has been resolved.
Latest: This incident has been resolved.
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- Outbound SMSInbound SMS
Timeline · 2 updates
- investigating · Aug 14, 2026, 10:01 AM UTC
We are aware of some degradation with SMS performance to and from O2 starting at 14/08/26 10:36 BST. MT, MO and DR deliveries maybe affected or delayed.
- resolved · Aug 14, 2026, 11:17 AM UTC
This incident has been resolved as of 14/08/26 11:12 BST.
Latest: This incident has been resolved as of 14/08/26 11:12 BST.
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- Inbound SMS
Timeline · 3 updates
- investigating · Jul 01, 2026, 08:42 AM UTC
We are currently investigating an ongoing issue with inbound messages to O2 and Vodafone virtual reply numbers. Some customers may be affected. We apologise for any inconvenience caused, and our team is actively working to get this issue resolved.
- monitoring · Jul 01, 2026, 09:16 AM UTC
The issue has been identified and a fix has been implemented. Customers affected should start seeing inbound messages.
- resolved · Jul 01, 2026, 03:18 PM UTC
This incident has now been resolved. Inbound messages were affected for a small number of customers, who have been notified, between 26/06/26 21:30 BST and 01/07/26 09:50 BST.
Latest: This incident has now been resolved. Inbound messages were affected for a small number of customers, who have been notified, between 26/06/26 21:30 BST and 01/07/26 09:50 BST.
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- Outbound SMSInbound SMS
Timeline · 2 updates
- investigating · Jun 29, 2026, 11:23 AM UTC
We are aware of some degradation with SMS performance to and from Vodafone UK starting at 11:56 BST. MT, MO and DR deliveries maybe affected or delayed.
- resolved · Jun 29, 2026, 01:58 PM UTC
This incident was resolved at 14:29 BST.
Latest: This incident was resolved at 14:29 BST.
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- APIApplicationOutbound SMSInbound SMSURL ShortenerWebsite
Timeline · 4 updates
- investigating · Jun 26, 2026, 10:50 AM UTC
We are currently investigating connectivity issues to our web application and API.
- identified · Jun 26, 2026, 01:36 PM UTC
We have identified the ongoing issue and our team is working with our hosting providers to get the problem rectified.
- monitoring · Jun 26, 2026, 03:19 PM UTC
The team has applied mitigations to the affected systems, restoring services. We can see that services are currently functioning as expected and will continue to monitor the situation.
- resolved · Jun 27, 2026, 09:31 AM UTC
This incident has been resolved as of 26/06/26 22:30
Latest: This incident has been resolved as of 26/06/26 22:30
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- Unplanned Outage ResolvedStarted Aug 19, 2026, 12:20 AM UTC · Resolved Aug 19, 2026, 10:31 PM UTC · 22h 10m
- Started Aug 14, 2026, 10:01 AM UTC · Resolved Aug 14, 2026, 11:17 AM UTC · 1h 15m
- Inbound SMS Degradation ResolvedStarted Jul 01, 2026, 08:42 AM UTC · Resolved Jul 01, 2026, 03:18 PM UTC · 6h 36m
- Started Jun 29, 2026, 11:23 AM UTC · Resolved Jun 29, 2026, 01:58 PM UTC · 2h 34m
- Connectivity Issues ResolvedStarted Jun 26, 2026, 10:50 AM UTC · Resolved Jun 27, 2026, 09:31 AM UTC · 22h 41m
- Started Jun 16, 2026, 09:01 PM UTC · Resolved Jun 17, 2026, 07:53 AM UTC · 10h 51m