Twilio incident

SMS Delivery Delays from Twilio Phone Numbers to MTN Nigeria

Minor Resolved View vendor source →

Twilio experienced a minor incident on May 20, 2026 affecting SMS, Middle East & Africa, lasting 4h 21m. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.

Started
May 20, 2026, 01:52 PM UTC
Resolved
May 20, 2026, 06:14 PM UTC
Duration
4h 21m
Detected by Pingoru
May 20, 2026, 01:52 PM UTC

Affected components

SMS, Middle East & Africa

Update timeline

  1. investigating May 20, 2026, 01:52 PM UTC

    Twilio customers may be experiencing SMS delivery delays from Twilio Phone Numbers 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 May 20, 2026, 01:56 PM UTC

    Twilio customers may be experiencing SMS delivery delays from Twilio 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 May 20, 2026, 02:57 PM UTC

    Twilio customers may be experiencing SMS delivery delays from Twilio 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 May 20, 2026, 04:13 PM UTC

    We have observed a recovery in SMS delivery from Twilio Phone Numbers 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 May 20, 2026, 06:14 PM UTC

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