Twilio incident

Elevated Rate of Http 503s When Sending Messages Using the Programmable Messaging Api

Minor Resolved View vendor source →

Twilio experienced a minor incident on August 17, 2026, lasting 9m. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.

Started
Aug 17, 2026, 09:57 PM UTC
Resolved
Aug 17, 2026, 10:07 PM UTC
Duration
9m
Detected by Pingoru
Aug 17, 2026, 09:57 PM UTC

Update timeline

  1. investigating Aug 17, 2026, 09:57 PM UTC

    Our monitoring systems have detected a potential issue with Programmable messaging API returned 503s to customers. Our engineers have been alerted and are investigating. We will provide an update when we have more details.

  2. resolved Aug 17, 2026, 10:07 PM UTC

    Between 13:25 PST and 13:27 PST, customers may have received an elevated rate of HTTP 503s when sending messages via the Programmable Messaging API. The issue has been resolved.