Speechmatics Outage History

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Speechmatics had 28 outages in the last 2 years totaling 258h 15m of downtime — averaging 1.2 incidents per month.

There were 28 Speechmatics outages since July 11, 2025 totaling 258h 15m of downtime. Each is summarised below — incident details, duration, and resolution information.

Source: https://status.speechmatics.com

Minor May 18, 2026

Batch SaaS US2 - Slow processing of jobs due to degraded fetch service

Detected by Pingoru
May 18, 2026, 10:30 AM UTC
Resolved
May 18, 2026, 10:30 AM UTC
Duration
Timeline · 1 update
  1. resolved May 18, 2026, 11:43 AM UTC

    From 03:00 UTC to 10:30 UTC, processing times for a subset of jobs increased due to degraded performance in the fetch service affecting jobs submitted with the fetch_data configuration. We identified the root cause of the issue and restored the service to full operational status at 10:30 UTC. Following continued monitoring, we can confirm that the incident has now been fully resolved. We apologise for any inconvenience caused. If you continue to experience issues with the service, please contact our support team here https://support.speechmatics.com.

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Critical May 15, 2026

portal.speechmatics.com - Outage

Detected by Pingoru
May 15, 2026, 10:39 AM UTC
Resolved
May 15, 2026, 12:02 PM UTC
Duration
1h 22m
Affected: Portal (portal.speechmatics.com)
Timeline · 2 updates
  1. identified May 15, 2026, 10:39 AM UTC

    We have identified an issue which has caused an outage of portal.speechmatics.com. A fix is actively being deployed.

  2. resolved May 15, 2026, 12:02 PM UTC

    Portal access has been restored.

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Minor May 1, 2026

Slow processing of jobs in Batch SaaS US1 endpoint

Detected by Pingoru
May 01, 2026, 04:15 PM UTC
Resolved
May 01, 2026, 05:50 PM UTC
Duration
1h 35m
Affected: Batch SaaS - US1
Timeline · 2 updates
  1. identified May 01, 2026, 04:15 PM UTC

    We have identified a problem which is affecting the processing time of jobs in our Batch SaaS US1 endpoint. For faster processing times, please use the Batch SaaS US2 endpoint. This issue is currently being investigated.

  2. resolved May 01, 2026, 05:50 PM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

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Minor April 24, 2026

Investigating - Degraded performance

Detected by Pingoru
Apr 24, 2026, 01:32 PM UTC
Resolved
Apr 25, 2026, 07:22 AM UTC
Duration
17h 50m
Affected: Batch SaaS - US2
Timeline · 5 updates
  1. investigating Apr 24, 2026, 01:32 PM UTC

    We’re currently experiencing degraded performance in our US2 region. Customers may see degrading experience. We recommend using US1 endpoint until the issue is resolved. Our team is currently working to restore normal performance levels. We apologise for any inconvenience.

  2. identified Apr 24, 2026, 02:03 PM UTC

    The root cause has been identified and we are working on a solution.

  3. identified Apr 24, 2026, 02:50 PM UTC

    We are continuing to work on a fix for this issue.

  4. monitoring Apr 24, 2026, 06:29 PM UTC

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

  5. resolved Apr 25, 2026, 07:22 AM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

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Minor April 17, 2026

Investigating - Degraded performance in Batch SaaS Australia region

Detected by Pingoru
Apr 17, 2026, 02:49 AM UTC
Resolved
Apr 17, 2026, 03:54 AM UTC
Duration
1h 4m
Affected: Batch SaaS - AU
Timeline · 3 updates
  1. investigating Apr 17, 2026, 02:49 AM UTC

    We’re currently experiencing degraded performance in our Batch SaaS AU region. Customers may see delays is processing jobs for audio duration > 12 mins. Our team is currently working to restore normal performance levels. We apologise for any inconvenience.

  2. monitoring Apr 17, 2026, 03:23 AM UTC

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

  3. resolved Apr 17, 2026, 03:54 AM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

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Minor April 10, 2026

Degraded service in billing reporting

Detected by Pingoru
Apr 10, 2026, 11:58 AM UTC
Resolved
Apr 16, 2026, 09:14 AM UTC
Duration
5d 21h
Affected: Portal (portal.speechmatics.com)
Timeline · 5 updates
  1. investigating Apr 10, 2026, 11:58 AM UTC

    We are currently investigating an issue with our billing service which may delay usage appearing on the Billing page in the portal.

  2. investigating Apr 10, 2026, 11:59 AM UTC

    We are continuing to investigate this issue.

  3. monitoring Apr 10, 2026, 03:31 PM UTC

    A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the results. Usage in the Billing page may still be delayed for some users.

  4. monitoring Apr 14, 2026, 10:47 AM UTC

    Some users may still experience a delay in their usage appearing on the Billing page, as the backlog of billing usage is processed. An update will be provided when this incident is fully resolved.

  5. resolved Apr 16, 2026, 09:14 AM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

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Minor April 7, 2026

Slow processing of jobs in Batch SaaS EU2 endpoint

Detected by Pingoru
Apr 07, 2026, 11:20 AM UTC
Resolved
Apr 07, 2026, 04:02 PM UTC
Duration
4h 42m
Affected: Batch SaaS - EU2
Timeline · 4 updates
  1. investigating Apr 07, 2026, 11:20 AM UTC

    We have identified a problem which is affecting the processing time of jobs in our Batch SaaS EU2 endpoint. For faster processing times, please use the Batch SaaS EU1 endpoint. This issue is currently being investigated.

  2. identified Apr 07, 2026, 02:46 PM UTC

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

  3. monitoring Apr 07, 2026, 03:38 PM UTC

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

  4. resolved Apr 07, 2026, 04:02 PM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

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Notice February 11, 2026

Transient Capacity Constraint - Realtime SaaS USA

Detected by Pingoru
Feb 11, 2026, 03:26 PM UTC
Resolved
Feb 11, 2026, 05:30 PM UTC
Duration
2h 3m
Affected: Realtime SaaS - US
Timeline · 3 updates
  1. monitoring Feb 11, 2026, 03:26 PM UTC

    "Between 15:06 UTC and 15:10 UTC, a small percentage of customers experienced increased error rates and delayed connections. This issue is resolved and we continue to monitor the situation. We are continuing to monitor the system to ensure performance remains stable.

  2. monitoring Feb 11, 2026, 04:22 PM UTC

    We are continuing to monitor for any further issues.

  3. resolved Feb 11, 2026, 05:30 PM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

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Minor January 27, 2026

Billing page unavailable

Detected by Pingoru
Jan 27, 2026, 05:27 PM UTC
Resolved
Jan 29, 2026, 12:55 PM UTC
Duration
1d 19h
Affected: Portal (portal.speechmatics.com)
Timeline · 3 updates
  1. identified Jan 27, 2026, 05:27 PM UTC

    The Billing page is currently unavailable due to an issue with our third-party billing provider. We are actively investigating and will post an update once the issue is resolved.

  2. monitoring Jan 28, 2026, 12:19 PM UTC

    The Billing page is now accessible for most users. Intermittent issues may still occur whilst a fix is being deployed. The underlying cause has been identified and full resolution is expected shortly.

  3. resolved Jan 29, 2026, 12:55 PM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

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Minor January 7, 2026

Batch SaaS US1 - API call slowness and failures

Detected by Pingoru
Jan 07, 2026, 06:55 AM UTC
Resolved
Jan 07, 2026, 09:45 AM UTC
Duration
2h 49m
Affected: Batch SaaS - US1
Timeline · 3 updates
  1. investigating Jan 07, 2026, 06:55 AM UTC

    We’re currently experiencing an degraded performance in our Batch SaaS US1 region. Customers may see API call failures and delays. Our team is currently working to restore availability and normal performance levels. We recommend using Batch SaaS US2 region until US1 is fully operational. We apologise for any inconvenience.

  2. monitoring Jan 07, 2026, 07:39 AM UTC

    We have implemented mitigation measures, and the service has recovered. US1 Batch SaaS is currently operational.

  3. resolved Jan 07, 2026, 09:45 AM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

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Critical January 6, 2026

Batch SaaS US1 - API call failures

Detected by Pingoru
Jan 06, 2026, 09:08 PM UTC
Resolved
Jan 06, 2026, 11:55 PM UTC
Duration
2h 46m
Affected: Batch SaaS - US1
Timeline · 5 updates
  1. investigating Jan 06, 2026, 09:08 PM UTC

    We’re currently experiencing an outage in our Batch SaaS US1 region. Customers may see API call failures and delays. Our team is currently working to restore availability and normal performance levels. We apologise for any inconvenience.

  2. identified Jan 06, 2026, 09:30 PM UTC

    The issue has been identified and a fix is being implemented. We recommend using Batch SaaS US2 region until US1 is fully operational. We apologise for any inconvenience.

  3. identified Jan 06, 2026, 10:13 PM UTC

    The service outage in Batch SaaS US1 has now been mitigated. Customers may see delays and experience degraded performance. We recommend using Batch SaaS US2 region until US1 is fully operational. We are working on restoring service to normal operational status in Batch SaaS US1.

  4. monitoring Jan 06, 2026, 10:50 PM UTC

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

  5. resolved Jan 06, 2026, 11:55 PM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

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Minor December 11, 2025

Increased connect time to Realtime SaaS - US

Detected by Pingoru
Dec 11, 2025, 03:37 PM UTC
Resolved
Dec 11, 2025, 05:47 PM UTC
Duration
2h 9m
Affected: Realtime SaaS - US
Timeline · 4 updates
  1. investigating Dec 11, 2025, 03:37 PM UTC

    We’re currently experiencing degraded performance in our Realtime SaaS - US region. Customers may see delay in session connect time. Our team is currently working to restore normal performance levels. We apologise for any inconvenience.

  2. identified Dec 11, 2025, 03:45 PM UTC

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

  3. monitoring Dec 11, 2025, 04:30 PM UTC

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

  4. resolved Dec 11, 2025, 05:47 PM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

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Minor December 8, 2025

portal.speechmatics.com

Detected by Pingoru
Dec 08, 2025, 01:22 PM UTC
Resolved
Dec 08, 2025, 03:42 PM UTC
Duration
2h 20m
Affected: Portal (portal.speechmatics.com)
Timeline · 4 updates
  1. investigating Dec 08, 2025, 01:22 PM UTC

    We’re experiencing an issue generating invoices from portal.speechmatics.com. Our team is currently working to restore the service. We apologize for any inconvenience.

  2. identified Dec 08, 2025, 01:37 PM UTC

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

  3. monitoring Dec 08, 2025, 03:18 PM UTC

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

  4. resolved Dec 08, 2025, 03:42 PM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

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Minor November 25, 2025

Usage Reporting (usage.speechmatics.com) - Partial outage

Detected by Pingoru
Nov 25, 2025, 03:31 PM UTC
Resolved
Nov 25, 2025, 03:30 PM UTC
Duration
Timeline · 1 update
  1. resolved Nov 25, 2025, 03:31 PM UTC

    We have identified an issue connecting to usage reporting (usage.speechmatics.com) between 15:10 UTC to 15:15 UTC. Mitigations have been applied since then to fix the problem and service has been restored to normal operational level. We apologize for any inconvenience.

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Minor November 19, 2025

Increased job processing times in batch USA

Detected by Pingoru
Nov 19, 2025, 05:47 PM UTC
Resolved
Nov 19, 2025, 08:36 PM UTC
Duration
2h 48m
Affected: Batch SaaS - US1
Timeline · 3 updates
  1. identified Nov 19, 2025, 05:47 PM UTC

    We have identified an issue with jobs processing in Batch USA, jobs will experience increased processing times.

  2. monitoring Nov 19, 2025, 06:02 PM UTC

    Job processing times have stabilised, we will continue to monitor.

  3. resolved Nov 19, 2025, 08:36 PM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

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Major October 27, 2025

Partial portal outage

Detected by Pingoru
Oct 27, 2025, 01:36 PM UTC
Resolved
Oct 27, 2025, 01:45 PM UTC
Duration
8m
Affected: Portal (portal.speechmatics.com)
Timeline · 2 updates
  1. identified Oct 27, 2025, 01:36 PM UTC

    We have identified an issue affecting portal sign-ups and access of billing details in the portal.

  2. resolved Oct 27, 2025, 01:45 PM UTC

    This incident has been resolved. Sign-ups and access of billing details in the portal should now be fully operational.

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Minor October 21, 2025

Increased Initial Connection Times in RT EU

Detected by Pingoru
Oct 21, 2025, 09:30 AM UTC
Resolved
Oct 21, 2025, 12:38 PM UTC
Duration
3h 8m
Affected: Realtime SaaS - EU
Timeline · 5 updates
  1. identified Oct 21, 2025, 09:30 AM UTC

    We have identified an issue leading to increased connection times in RT EU and are working to resolve the issue.

  2. identified Oct 21, 2025, 09:47 AM UTC

    We have taken steps to mitigate the issue while we continue to resolve.

  3. monitoring Oct 21, 2025, 10:49 AM UTC

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

  4. monitoring Oct 21, 2025, 10:49 AM UTC

    We are continuing to monitor for any further issues.

  5. resolved Oct 21, 2025, 12:38 PM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

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Major October 9, 2025

Batch SaaS, Portal and Management Platform partial outage

Detected by Pingoru
Oct 09, 2025, 08:33 AM UTC
Resolved
Oct 09, 2025, 03:34 PM UTC
Duration
7h
Affected: Batch SaaS - EU1Batch SaaS - US1Batch SaaS - AUBatch SaaS - EU2Batch SaaS - US2Portal (portal.speechmatics.com)Management Platform (mp.speechmatics.com)
Timeline · 7 updates
  1. investigating Oct 09, 2025, 08:33 AM UTC

    We are seeing increased connection error rates to Batch SaaS, Portal and Management Platform from some countries in our global load balancer service.

  2. identified Oct 09, 2025, 08:37 AM UTC

    Our vendor has identified global availability drops impacting one or more regions. The issue may cause failures for client requests sent to our Batch/Portal/MP APIs.

  3. identified Oct 09, 2025, 09:53 AM UTC

    Traffic originating from Europe to our CDN is being more heavily affected than other regions. Some requests will be timing out or receiving SSL errors. We are continuing to work on this issue as highest priority. We apologise for any inconvenience caused.

  4. identified Oct 09, 2025, 11:06 AM UTC

    Our CDN vendor has confirmed mitigations are being rolled out and they are expecting full mitigation in the next 90 minutes. We will provide a further update within 60 minutes.

  5. identified Oct 09, 2025, 12:15 PM UTC

    We are still seeing connectivity issues from some locations. Mitigations from our CDN vendor are continuing to be rolled out.

  6. monitoring Oct 09, 2025, 01:30 PM UTC

    The issue has been mitigated. Batch SaaS, Portal, and Management Platform are now fully operational. We will continue to monitor the situation to ensure stability. Thank you for your patience.

  7. resolved Oct 09, 2025, 03:34 PM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

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Major September 25, 2025

Portal and temporary auth key API outage

Detected by Pingoru
Sep 25, 2025, 03:02 PM UTC
Resolved
Sep 25, 2025, 04:32 PM UTC
Duration
1h 30m
Affected: Batch SaaS - EU1Batch SaaS - US1Batch SaaS - AUBatch SaaS - EU2Batch SaaS - US2Portal (portal.speechmatics.com)Realtime SaaS - USRealtime SaaS - EU
Timeline · 6 updates
  1. investigating Sep 25, 2025, 03:02 PM UTC

    We’re experiencing a partial outage on portal.speechmatics.com. Our team is currently working to restore the service. We apologize for any inconvenience.

  2. identified Sep 25, 2025, 03:15 PM UTC

    The root cause has been identified and our engineering teams are working on a solution. We apologise for any inconvenience caused.

  3. identified Sep 25, 2025, 03:34 PM UTC

    Root cause has been identified as a problem with the backend service supporting creation of new API and temporary keys. A fix is in the process of being rolled out. We will post another update within 15 minutes.

  4. monitoring Sep 25, 2025, 03:54 PM UTC

    We have rolled out a mitigation for creating new API and temporary tokens and the service has recovered. We will continue to monitor as top priority.

  5. monitoring Sep 25, 2025, 04:29 PM UTC

    In the Portal, the Usage and Billing pages will have delayed updates temporarily.

  6. resolved Sep 25, 2025, 04:32 PM UTC

    We have continued to monitor this incident and can confirm it has now been resolved. We apologise for any inconvenience caused. If you are still facing issues with the service, please reach our to our Support team https://support.speechmatics.com.

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Minor September 4, 2025

Increased connect time and connect failures - RT Cloud EU

Detected by Pingoru
Sep 04, 2025, 01:40 PM UTC
Resolved
Sep 04, 2025, 02:13 PM UTC
Duration
33m
Affected: Realtime SaaS - EU
Timeline · 3 updates
  1. investigating Sep 04, 2025, 01:40 PM UTC

    We’re currently experiencing a partial outage in our RT Cloud EU region. Customers may see a subset of their requests with increased connect time or connection failures. Our team is currently working to restore normal performance levels. We apologise for any inconvenience.

  2. identified Sep 04, 2025, 02:05 PM UTC

    The root cause has been identified and our engineering teams are working on a solution.

  3. resolved Sep 04, 2025, 02:13 PM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

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Minor August 28, 2025

Slower than normal processing times for real-time transcription affecting a subset of sessions

Detected by Pingoru
Aug 28, 2025, 01:46 PM UTC
Resolved
Aug 28, 2025, 04:00 PM UTC
Duration
2h 13m
Affected: Realtime SaaS - USRealtime SaaS - EU
Timeline · 6 updates
  1. investigating Aug 28, 2025, 01:46 PM UTC

    We are currently observing slower than normal processing times for real-time transcription affecting a subset of sessions. Our team is actively investigating the issue. We will provide an update as soon as more information is available. We apologise for any inconvenience.

  2. identified Aug 28, 2025, 02:31 PM UTC

    We have identified the cause of the slowdown in real-time transcription processing affecting a subset of customers. We are currently applying mitigation and will continue to monitor the impact as the fix progresses.

  3. identified Aug 28, 2025, 02:32 PM UTC

    We are continuing to monitor our services.

  4. identified Aug 28, 2025, 02:33 PM UTC

    We have identified the cause of the slowdown in real-time transcription processing affecting a subset of customers. We are currently applying mitigation and will continue to monitor the impact as the fix progresses.

  5. monitoring Aug 28, 2025, 02:45 PM UTC

    We have applied mitigations to address the slowdown in real-time transcription processing. Early results show recovery and improved performance for affected customers. Our team will continue to monitor closely to ensure the service remains stable.

  6. resolved Aug 28, 2025, 04:00 PM UTC

    We've continued to monitor this incident and can confirm it has now been resolved. We apologise for any inconvenience caused. If you are still facing issues with the service, please reach out to our support team here https://support.speechmatics.com/hc/en-gb.

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Minor August 27, 2025

Batch SaaS EU1/US1 - Partial Outage

Detected by Pingoru
Aug 27, 2025, 04:00 PM UTC
Resolved
Aug 27, 2025, 05:30 PM UTC
Duration
1h 30m
Timeline · 1 update
  1. resolved Aug 27, 2025, 05:37 PM UTC

    We identified that a subset of jobs submitted to our Batch SaaS EU1/US1 endpoints between 15:22 and 15:54 BST were not accepted and resulted in 5XX errors. The issue was traced to a misconfiguration in one of our services, which has since been corrected, and normal performance has been restored. We apologise for the inconvenience caused.

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Minor August 7, 2025

RT Cloud - EU

Detected by Pingoru
Aug 07, 2025, 09:46 AM UTC
Resolved
Aug 07, 2025, 10:33 AM UTC
Duration
46m
Affected: Realtime SaaS - EU
Timeline · 4 updates
  1. investigating Aug 07, 2025, 09:46 AM UTC

    We’re currently experiencing a partial outage in our RT Cloud EU region. Customers may see a subset of sessions getting connection error or increased connect time. Our team is currently working to restore normal performance levels. We apologise for any inconvenience.

  2. identified Aug 07, 2025, 09:59 AM UTC

    The root cause has been identified and our engineering teams are working on a solution.

  3. monitoring Aug 07, 2025, 10:18 AM UTC

    The service outage in RT Cloud EU has now been mitigated. The service has now been restored to normal operational status. We will continue to monitor the situation for any changes.

  4. resolved Aug 07, 2025, 10:33 AM UTC

    We've continued to monitor this incident and can confirm it has now been resolved. We apologise for any inconvenience caused. If you are still facing issues with the service, please reach out to our support team here https://support.speechmatics.com/hc/en-gb.

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