Flickr incident

Cover photo issues.

Minor Resolved View vendor source →

Flickr experienced a minor incident on January 14, 2026 affecting API and Photo/Video Serving, lasting 7h 9m. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.

Started
Jan 14, 2026, 12:18 PM UTC
Resolved
Jan 14, 2026, 07:27 PM UTC
Duration
7h 9m
Detected by Pingoru
Jan 14, 2026, 12:18 PM UTC

Affected components

APIPhoto/Video Serving

Update timeline

  1. investigating Jan 14, 2026, 12:18 PM UTC

    We are investigating cover photo issues.

  2. identified Jan 14, 2026, 01:05 PM UTC

    The issue has been identified and a fix is being implemented.

  3. monitoring Jan 14, 2026, 05:50 PM UTC

    A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the results.

  4. resolved Jan 14, 2026, 07:27 PM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.