Sanity incident
Elevated HTTP 429 rate-limit errors on API and API CDN
Sanity experienced a major incident on October 14, 2025 affecting api.sanity.io and apicdn.sanity.io, lasting 39m. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.
Affected components
api.sanity.ioapicdn.sanity.io
Update timeline
- investigating Oct 14, 2025, 11:02 AM UTC
We are aware of customers experiencing HTTP 429 rate limiting on our API, and are currently investigating.
- identified Oct 14, 2025, 11:08 AM UTC
We are addressing renewed 429 error spikes that are impacting customers globally. These errors are surfacing as rate-limit errors for queries to both the API and API CDN.
- monitoring Oct 14, 2025, 11:15 AM UTC
A fix has been implemented, and we are observing that requests have now returned to normal. We are continuing to monitor.
- resolved Oct 14, 2025, 11:41 AM UTC
This incident has been resolved; API error rates returned to normal at 11:07 UTC after the fix was implemented.