Helium Outage History

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There were 3 Helium outages since February 12, 2026 totaling 1h 16m of downtime. Each is summarised below — incident details, duration, and resolution information.

Source: http://status.helium.com

Notice April 15, 2026

Helium Mobile Hotspot Connection Issue

Detected by Pingoru
Apr 15, 2026, 05:25 PM UTC
Resolved
Apr 15, 2026, 01:00 AM UTC
Duration
Timeline · 1 update
  1. resolved Apr 15, 2026, 05:25 PM UTC

    Some Helium Mobile Hotspots had an issue where devices could connect to WiFi but couldn’t actually use the internet, due to a problem on those specific units, while the overall network was working normally. A fix is being worked on for affected hotspots - if you experience this behaviour, restarting your hotspot is advised.

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Minor March 11, 2026

IoT Packet Router Diminished Performance

Detected by Pingoru
Mar 11, 2026, 02:04 AM UTC
Resolved
Mar 11, 2026, 03:20 AM UTC
Duration
1h 16m
Affected: Helium Packet Router
Timeline · 3 updates
  1. identified Mar 11, 2026, 02:04 AM UTC

    A performance issue is affecting Helium Packet Router performance in the Frankfurt region. This may affect IoT device message delivery in Europe. The team has identified the issue and is scaling resources to resolve the issue.

  2. monitoring Mar 11, 2026, 02:44 AM UTC

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

  3. resolved Mar 11, 2026, 03:20 AM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

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Notice February 12, 2026

IMS-Prod Upgrade Service Interruption

Detected by Pingoru
Feb 12, 2026, 04:24 PM UTC
Resolved
Feb 12, 2026, 04:24 PM UTC
Duration
Affected: IMS
Timeline · 1 update
  1. resolved Feb 12, 2026, 04:24 PM UTC

    During the IMS-Prod upgrade, services experienced a brief outage of roughly 15–20 minutes due to a load balancer and DNS issue introduced during the update. This impacted the Hotspot dashboard and related IMS services. The issue was identified and resolved, and all systems are now fully operational.

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