Twilio incident
SMS Delivery Delays and Failures from a Subset of Twilio Long Codes to Telekom South Africa
Twilio experienced a minor incident on June 22, 2026 affecting SMS, Middle East & Africa, lasting 12h 4m. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.
Affected components
Update timeline
- investigating Jun 22, 2026, 05:52 PM UTC
Twilio customers may be experiencing SMS delivery delays and failures from a subset of Twilio Long Codes to Telekom network subscribers in South Africa. Our team is actively investigating this issue. We will provide another update in 1 hour or as soon as more information becomes available.
- identified Jun 22, 2026, 05:53 PM UTC
Twilio customers may be experiencing SMS delivery delays and failures from a subset of Twilio Long Codes to Telekom network subscribers in South Africa. 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.
- identified Jun 22, 2026, 06:53 PM UTC
Twilio customers may be experiencing SMS delivery delays and failures from a subset of Twilio Long Codes to Telekom network subscribers in South Africa. 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.
- identified Jun 22, 2026, 08:54 PM UTC
Twilio customers may be experiencing SMS delivery delays and failures from a subset of Twilio Long Codes to Telekom network subscribers in South Africa. Our team has identified the cause, and is working to resolve the issue. We will provide another update in 4 hours or as soon as more information becomes available.
- monitoring Jun 23, 2026, 12:56 AM UTC
We have observed a recovery in SMS delivery from a subset of Twilio Long Codes to Telekom network subscribers in South Africa and are monitoring service stability. We will provide another update in 2 hours or as soon as more information becomes available.
- monitoring Jun 23, 2026, 03:01 AM UTC
We have observed a recovery in SMS delivery from a subset of Twilio Long Codes to Telekom network subscribers in South Africa and are monitoring service stability. We will provide another update in 4 hours or as soon as more information becomes available.
- resolved Jun 23, 2026, 05:56 AM UTC
The incident has been resolved and SMS delivery from a subset of Twilio Long Codes to Telekom network subscribers in South Africa is operating normally.