Mapbox incident

Static Images API degradation

Minor Resolved View vendor source →

Mapbox experienced a minor incident on May 17, 2024 affecting API, lasting 19h 54m. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.

Started
May 17, 2024, 12:04 AM UTC
Resolved
May 17, 2024, 07:58 PM UTC
Duration
19h 54m
Detected by Pingoru
May 17, 2024, 12:04 AM UTC

Affected components

API

Update timeline

  1. investigating May 17, 2024, 12:04 AM UTC

    We are investigating image quality degradation on the Static Images API

  2. investigating May 17, 2024, 01:14 AM UTC

    This issue impacts Static API requests for styles using the mapbox.mapbox-terrain-dem-v1 tileset. Not all requests are impacted and the issue is sporadic. We are continuing to investigate the cause of the issue.

  3. investigating May 17, 2024, 03:17 PM UTC

    We are still investigating image quality degradation on the Static Images API

  4. identified May 17, 2024, 03:33 PM UTC

    We have identified the cause of the image degradation. However, given the nature of the issue, we do not anticipate a fix to be rolled out imminently. We will provide more updates on timeline as we have them.

  5. resolved May 17, 2024, 07:58 PM UTC

    We have identified the root cause of this issue and have a clear path forward, but expect the rollout to take some time. We are closing this status but will post updates as fixes are available.

  6. postmortem May 22, 2024, 03:02 PM UTC

    The issue with 3D Terrain distortion has been mitigated and fixes have been shipped to all Static Image and Tile endpoints.