Twilio incident

SMS Delivery Failures from Twilio Alphanumeric Sender IDs to MTN Nigeria

Minor Resolved View vendor source →

Twilio experienced a minor incident on September 23, 2026 affecting SMS, Middle East & Africa, lasting 5h 54m. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.

Started
Sep 23, 2026, 05:57 PM UTC
Resolved
Sep 23, 2026, 11:52 PM UTC
Duration
5h 54m
Detected by Pingoru
Sep 23, 2026, 05:57 PM UTC

Affected components

SMS, Middle East & Africa

Update timeline

  1. investigating Sep 23, 2026, 05:57 PM UTC

    Twilio customers may be experiencing SMS delivery failures from Twilio to MTN network subscribers in Nigeria. Our team is actively investigating this issue. We will provide another update in 1 hour or as soon as more information becomes available.

  2. identified Sep 23, 2026, 06:23 PM UTC

    Twilio customers may be experiencing SMS delivery failures from Twilio Alphanumeric Sender IDs to MTN network subscribers in Nigeria. Our team has identified the cause, and is working to resolve the issue. We will provide another update in 1 hour or as soon as more information becomes available.

  3. identified Sep 23, 2026, 07:29 PM UTC

    Twilio customers may be experiencing SMS delivery failures from Twilio Alphanumeric Sender IDs to MTN network subscribers in Nigeria. Our team has identified the cause, and is working to resolve the issue. We will provide another update in 2 hours or as soon as more information becomes available.

  4. monitoring Sep 23, 2026, 10:28 PM UTC

    We have observed a recovery in SMS delivery from Twilio to MTN network subscribers in Nigeria and are monitoring service stability. We will provide another update in 2 hours or as soon as more information becomes available.

  5. resolved Sep 23, 2026, 11:52 PM UTC

    The incident has been resolved and SMS delivery from Twilio Alphanumeric Sender IDs to MTN network subscribers in Nigeria is operating normally.