Garmin InReach incident

SMS Messaging Delays

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Garmin InReach experienced a major incident on January 27, 2026 affecting inReach Messaging and inReach Developer APIs and 1 more component, lasting 1h 26m. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.

Started
Jan 27, 2026, 08:36 PM UTC
Resolved
Jan 27, 2026, 10:03 PM UTC
Duration
1h 26m
Detected by Pingoru
Jan 27, 2026, 08:36 PM UTC

Affected components

inReach MessaginginReach Developer APIsGarmin Earthmate Mobile AppGarmin Messenger Mobile App

Update timeline

  1. investigating Jan 27, 2026, 08:36 PM UTC

    Messages sent to SMS numbers not in the Garmin Messenger platform are experiencing a delay in delivery. This does not affect SOS messaging.

  2. investigating Jan 27, 2026, 09:14 PM UTC

    This only affects customers in Australia, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, New Zealand, Hong Kong and Satellite Phones.

  3. resolved Jan 27, 2026, 10:03 PM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.