SEEK Outage History

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SEEK had 14 outages in the last 2 years totaling 14h 25m of downtime — averaging 0.6 incidents per month.

There were 14 SEEK outages since July 31, 2025 totaling 14h 25m of downtime. Each is summarised below — incident details, duration, and resolution information.

Source: https://status.seek.com

Minor May 18, 2026

Ad Performance data delay

Detected by Pingoru
May 18, 2026, 11:18 PM UTC
Resolved
May 19, 2026, 03:51 AM UTC
Duration
4h 33m
Affected: Ad Performance
Timeline · 2 updates
  1. identified May 18, 2026, 11:18 PM UTC

    Delay in delivery of latest Ad Performance data

  2. resolved May 19, 2026, 03:51 AM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

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Minor May 18, 2026

SEEK API performance degraded

Detected by Pingoru
May 18, 2026, 03:06 AM UTC
Resolved
May 18, 2026, 05:07 AM UTC
Duration
2h
Affected: SEEK Job PostingAuthSEEK Optimised ApplyTalent Search ConnectEventsApply with SEEKAd PerformanceDeveloper tools
Timeline · 3 updates
  1. investigating May 18, 2026, 03:06 AM UTC

    We have noticed a performance degradation on the SEEK API overall. We are currently investigating.

  2. investigating May 18, 2026, 05:05 AM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

  3. resolved May 18, 2026, 05:07 AM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

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Notice April 24, 2026

Job posting edit degredation

Detected by Pingoru
Apr 24, 2026, 03:54 AM UTC
Resolved
Apr 24, 2026, 03:54 AM UTC
Duration
Affected: SEEK Job Posting
Timeline · 1 update
  1. resolved Apr 24, 2026, 03:54 AM UTC

    updatePostedPositionProfile requests sent without a seekAdvertisementProductId failed from 10:30am yesterday. This was resolved at 11:55 today. Edits during this incident will need to be reposted.

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Minor April 21, 2026

Apply with SEEK degredation

Detected by Pingoru
Apr 21, 2026, 06:00 AM UTC
Resolved
Apr 21, 2026, 06:15 AM UTC
Duration
14m
Affected: Apply with SEEK
Timeline · 2 updates
  1. investigating Apr 21, 2026, 06:08 AM UTC

    We have noticed a performance degradation on the Apply with SEEK flow. We are currently investigating.

  2. resolved Apr 21, 2026, 09:16 AM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

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Notice April 20, 2026

Job Posting Outage

Detected by Pingoru
Apr 20, 2026, 12:22 AM UTC
Resolved
Apr 19, 2026, 11:30 PM UTC
Duration
Timeline · 1 update
  1. resolved Apr 20, 2026, 12:22 AM UTC

    There's an issue posting new job ads via the SEEK API. It started at 9:41am and service was just restored ~10:12am AEST.

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Critical March 17, 2026

Major SEEK API Outage

Detected by Pingoru
Mar 17, 2026, 12:33 AM UTC
Resolved
Mar 17, 2026, 02:02 AM UTC
Duration
1h 28m
Affected: SEEK Job PostingAuthSEEK Optimised ApplyTalent Search ConnectEventsApply with SEEKAd Performance
Timeline · 4 updates
  1. investigating Mar 17, 2026, 12:33 AM UTC

    We are currently investigating this issue.

  2. identified Mar 17, 2026, 12:43 AM UTC

    The issue has been identified and a fix is being implemented.

  3. identified Mar 17, 2026, 12:45 AM UTC

    An internal network change has been identified as the root cause and a rollback is in progress.

  4. resolved Mar 17, 2026, 02:02 AM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

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Major March 12, 2026

Questionnaires outage

Detected by Pingoru
Mar 12, 2026, 11:38 PM UTC
Resolved
Mar 13, 2026, 12:01 AM UTC
Duration
22m
Affected: SEEK Job Posting
Timeline · 2 updates
  1. investigating Mar 12, 2026, 11:38 PM UTC

    This affects partners creating questionnaires via the SEEK API.

  2. resolved Mar 13, 2026, 12:01 AM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

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Notice February 9, 2026

Job posting partial outage

Detected by Pingoru
Feb 09, 2026, 12:22 AM UTC
Resolved
Feb 09, 2026, 12:27 AM UTC
Duration
5m
Affected: SEEK Job Posting
Timeline · 2 updates
  1. investigating Feb 09, 2026, 12:22 AM UTC

    We are currently investigating a partial outage for editing job ads via SEEK API and Ad Sync .

  2. resolved Feb 09, 2026, 12:27 AM UTC

    The incident has been resolved. Incident start time 10:29 AM AEDT and resolved in 11:17am AEDT

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Notice February 4, 2026

Missing webhook events

Detected by Pingoru
Feb 04, 2026, 11:47 PM UTC
Resolved
Feb 04, 2026, 11:47 PM UTC
Duration
Affected: Events
Timeline · 1 update
  1. resolved Feb 04, 2026, 11:47 PM UTC

    Incident Summary Between 8 December 2025 and 3 February 2026, some webhook events were not delivered by the SEEK API. Specifically, PositionProfilePosted events were intermittently dropped during this period. Impact - Some position profiles may not have appeared in your ATS during this time frame - Applications associated with those position profiles may also not have been reflected in your ATS Resolution All missing events have now been replayed.

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Critical January 9, 2026

SEEK API elevated error rate

Detected by Pingoru
Jan 09, 2026, 08:16 AM UTC
Resolved
Jan 09, 2026, 10:25 AM UTC
Duration
2h 8m
Affected: SEEK Job PostingAuthSEEK Optimised ApplyTalent Search ConnectEventsApply with SEEKAd PerformanceDeveloper tools
Timeline · 4 updates
  1. investigating Jan 09, 2026, 08:16 AM UTC

    We are currently investigating this issue.

  2. monitoring Jan 09, 2026, 09:40 AM UTC

    The problem has been identified and a fix is being rolled out.

  3. resolved Jan 09, 2026, 10:25 AM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

  4. postmortem Jan 12, 2026, 12:14 AM UTC

    An internal networking change caused a complete SEEK API outage from 7:00pm to 8:36pm GMT\+11. All inbound requests to `graphql.seek.com` timed out and no outbound webhook events were delivered during this period. Candidates could not link out from a SEEK job ad to an external apply form during this time. Requests to the domains `auth.seek.com` and `integration.seek.com` were unaffected. SEEK will resend the wehbhook events that were missed during the period of 6:30pm to 9:36pm GMT\+11, see [https://developer.seek.com/events/webhooks#duplicates](https://developer.seek.com/events/webhooks#duplicates) for more information. This will commence from 12/02/2026 3:45pm GMT\+11.

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Minor December 15, 2025

Elevated API errors

Detected by Pingoru
Dec 15, 2025, 04:03 AM UTC
Resolved
Dec 15, 2025, 04:15 AM UTC
Duration
12m
Affected: SEEK Job PostingSEEK Optimised ApplyTalent Search ConnectApply with SEEKAd Performance
Timeline · 2 updates
  1. investigating Dec 15, 2025, 04:03 AM UTC

    SEEK API is experiencing elevated errors starting from 2:52pm GTM+11. We are currently investigating the issue.

  2. resolved Dec 15, 2025, 04:15 AM UTC

    We have identified the issue as an internal network configuration change that affected traffic between 2:52pm and 2:54pm (GMT+11). All impacted services have been restored.

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Notice October 3, 2025

SEEK web components partial outage

Detected by Pingoru
Oct 03, 2025, 05:24 AM UTC
Resolved
Oct 01, 2025, 11:30 PM UTC
Duration
Timeline · 1 update
  1. resolved Oct 03, 2025, 05:24 AM UTC

    SEEK web components experienced elevated errors between 9:56 AM and 3:52 PM GMT+10. This may have affected the Ad Performance Panel, Ad Selection Panel, and Questionnaire Panel.

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Major August 15, 2025

Elevated errors during job posting

Detected by Pingoru
Aug 15, 2025, 02:04 AM UTC
Resolved
Aug 15, 2025, 05:21 AM UTC
Duration
3h 17m
Affected: SEEK Job Posting
Timeline · 3 updates
  1. investigating Aug 15, 2025, 02:04 AM UTC

    We are currently investigating this issue.

  2. monitoring Aug 15, 2025, 02:16 AM UTC

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

  3. resolved Aug 15, 2025, 05:21 AM UTC

    This incident has been resolved. We observed elevated errors in job posting and update between 11.59AM AEST TO 12:01PM AEST.

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