People.ai incident

Service Degradation Due to AWS US-EAST-1 Outage

Minor Resolved View vendor source →

People.ai experienced a minor incident on October 20, 2025 affecting Backstory Web-Application and Salesforce Inbound Data Integration and 1 more component, lasting 20h 35m. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.

Started
Oct 20, 2025, 02:50 PM UTC
Resolved
Oct 21, 2025, 11:25 AM UTC
Duration
20h 35m
Detected by Pingoru
Oct 20, 2025, 02:50 PM UTC

Affected components

Backstory Web-ApplicationSalesforce Inbound Data IntegrationSalesforce Outbound Data IntegrationActivity Intake APIs and ServicesBackstory Metrics Services

Update timeline

  1. investigating Oct 20, 2025, 02:50 PM UTC

    We are currently experiencing service degradation due to the ongoing AWS US-EAST-1 outage affecting multiple availability zones. Current Impact: - Data processing delays (approximately 6+ hours behind real-time) - EDB (metrics) data delays (up to 24h behind) - People.ai Integration User data may be stale - REST API endpoints may be unavailable or return outdated data - Activity capture and CRM sync delays Root Cause: This is related to the widespread AWS outage affecting AWS services in the US-EAST-1 region. Next Steps: We are actively monitoring AWS's recovery efforts. We will provide an update when: - AWS announces meaningful progress or resolution - Our services begin recovering - There are material changes to the impact We appreciate your patience as AWS works to resolve this industry-wide issue.

  2. monitoring Oct 20, 2025, 02:52 PM UTC

    We are monitoring AWS Progress and will update this post as the situation changes.

  3. monitoring Oct 20, 2025, 02:53 PM UTC

    We are continuing to monitor for any further issues.

  4. monitoring Oct 21, 2025, 01:17 AM UTC

    We are continuing to monitor for any further issues.

  5. monitoring Oct 21, 2025, 03:29 AM UTC

    AWS has marked the US-EAST-1 incident as resolved. We are seeing partial recovery of our services, though some components remain impacted. We are working directly with provider Support to resolve the remaining issue, which is preventing full restoration of our REST APIs. We will provide another update when: - REST API service is restored - All data processing backlogs are cleared

  6. resolved Oct 21, 2025, 11:25 AM UTC

    This incident has been resolved. All People.ai services have been fully restored and are operating normally. We appreciate your patience and understanding during this industry-wide incident. If you continue to experience any issues, please contact our support team at [email protected]. This incident is now closed.