SMSPortal incident

Service Degradation - Core Data Centres

Minor Resolved View vendor source →

SMSPortal experienced a minor incident on October 22, 2025 affecting Main Website and Outbound SMS and 1 more component, lasting 3h 32m. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.

Started
Oct 22, 2025, 02:41 PM UTC
Resolved
Oct 22, 2025, 06:13 PM UTC
Duration
3h 32m
Detected by Pingoru
Oct 22, 2025, 02:41 PM UTC

Affected components

Main WebsiteOutbound SMSAfricaSMPPRESTInbound SMSCustomer PortalSFTPHTTP (Legacy)Web Services & SQL (Legacy)

Update timeline

  1. investigating Oct 22, 2025, 02:41 PM UTC

    We’re aware of connectivity issues between two of our core data centres. Our teams are actively investigating and working to restore full stability. Incident Summary: Type: Network Degradation Issue Start Time: 22 Oct 2025 @ 16:22 (UTC+2) Impact: Some customers may experience intermittent connectivity or slower response times on our platform. We sincerely apologise for the disruption and understand the impact this may have. Our engineers are working closely with the data centre teams to resolve the issue as quickly as possible. If you require any further information, assistance, or clarification regarding this incident, please do not hesitate to reach out to our dedicated technical support team at [email protected].

  2. monitoring Oct 22, 2025, 02:54 PM UTC

    Connectivity issues have been resolved and all services are fully operational. Our teams are continuing to investigate the root cause with the data centre engineers to ensure this doesn’t recur.

  3. resolved Oct 22, 2025, 06:13 PM UTC

    After extensive monitoring, we believe the issue has been resolved and systems continue to operate as expected.