Twilio incident
SMS Delivery Delays and Failures from Twilio Long Codes to Multiple Networks in South Africa
Twilio experienced a minor incident on August 8, 2026 affecting SMS, Middle East & Africa, lasting 17h 6m. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.
Affected components
Update timeline
- investigating Aug 08, 2026, 11:39 PM UTC
Twilio customers may be experiencing SMS delivery delays and failures from Twilio Long Codes to network subscribers on multiple networks 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.
- investigating Aug 09, 2026, 12:40 AM UTC
Twilio customers may be experiencing SMS delivery delays and failures between Twilio Long Codes to network subscribers on multiple networks in South Africa. Our team is actively investigating this issue. We will provide another update in 2 hours or as soon as more information becomes available.
- investigating Aug 09, 2026, 02:41 AM UTC
Twilio customers may be experiencing SMS delivery delays and failures between Twilio Long Codes to network subscribers on multiple networks in South Africa. Our team is actively investigating this issue. We will provide another update in 4 hours or as soon as more information becomes available.
- investigating Aug 09, 2026, 06:41 AM UTC
Twilio customers may be experiencing SMS delivery delays and failures from Twilio Long Codes to network subscribers on multiple networks in South Africa. Our team is actively investigating this issue. We will provide another update in 8 hours or as soon as more information becomes available.
- identified Aug 09, 2026, 01:51 PM UTC
Twilio customers may be experiencing SMS delivery delays and failures from Twilio Long Codes to network subscribers on multiple networks 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.
- monitoring Aug 09, 2026, 01:53 PM UTC
We have observed a recovery in SMS delivery from Twilio Long Codes to multiple networks 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 Aug 09, 2026, 03:59 PM UTC
We have observed a recovery in SMS delivery from Twilio Long Codes to network subscribers on multiple networks 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 Aug 09, 2026, 04:45 PM UTC
The incident has been resolved and SMS delivery from Twilio Long Codes to affected networks in South Africa is operating normally.